# Εὐαγόρας 36

Isocrates, Εὐαγόρας, Section 36. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-19/36

καὶ μὴν τῶν γε παλαιῶν καθόδων αὗται μάλιστʼ εὐδοκιμοῦσιν ἃς παρὰ τῶν ποιητῶν ἀκούομεν· οὗτοι γὰρ οὐ μόνον τῶν γεγενημένων τὰς καλλίστας ἡμῖν ἀπαγγέλλουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρʼ αὑτῶν καινὰς συντιθέασιν. ἀλλʼ ὅμως οὐδεὶς αὐτῶν μεμυθολόγηκεν, ὅστις οὕτω δεινοὺς καὶ φοβεροὺς ποιησάμενος τοὺς κινδύνους εἰς τὴν αὑτοῦ κατῆλθεν· ἀλλʼ οἱ μὲν πλεῖστοι πεποίηνται διὰ τύχην λαβόντες τὰς βασιλείας, οἱ δὲ μετὰ δόλου καὶ τέχνης περιγενόμενοι τῶν ἐχθρῶν.

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Isocrates, Εὐαγόρας, ed. Larue Van Hook. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0010.tlg015.local001/.