# Ἑλένη 23

Isocrates, Ἑλένη, Section 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-20/23

κάλλιστον μὲν οὖν ἔχω περὶ Θησέως τοῦτʼ εἰπεῖν, ὅτι κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον Ἡρακλεῖ γενόμενος ἐνάμιλλον τὴν αὑτοῦ δόξαν πρὸς τὴν ἐκείνου κατέστησεν. οὐ γὰρ μόνον τοῖς ὅπλοις ἐκοσμήσαντο παραπλησίοις, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἐχρήσαντο τοῖς αὐτοῖς, πρέποντα τῇ συγγενείᾳ ποιοῦντες. ἐξ ἀδελφῶν γὰρ γεγονότες, ὁ μὲν ἐκ Διός, ὁ δʼ ἐκ Ποσειδῶνος, ἀδελφὰς καὶ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας ἔσχον. μόνοι γὰρ οὗτοι τῶν προγεγενημένων ὑπὲρ τοῦ βίου τοῦ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀθληταὶ κατέστησαν. συνέβη δὲ τὸν μὲν ὀνομαστοτέρους καὶ μείζους,

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Isocrates, Ἑλένη, 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.
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