# Εὐαγόρας 5

Isocrates, Εὐαγόρας, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-19/5

ἐχρῆν μὲν οὖν καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἐπαινεῖν τοὺς ἐφʼ αὑτῶν ἄνδρας ἀγαθοὺς γεγενημένους, ἵνʼ οἵ τε δυνάμενοι τὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἔργα κοσμεῖν ἐν εἰδόσι ποιούμενοι τοὺς λόγους ταῖς ἀληθείαις ἐχρῶντο περὶ αὐτῶν, οἵ τε νεώτεροι φιλοτιμοτέρως διέκειντο πρὸς τὴν ἀρετήν, εἰδότες ὅτι τούτων εὐλογήσονται μᾶλλον ὧν ἂν ἀμείνους σφᾶς αὐτοὺς παράσχωσιν. νῦν δὲ τίς οὐκ ἂν ἀθυμήσειεν,

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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/.