# Ἑλένη 28

Isocrates, Ἑλένη, Section 28. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-20/28

σύμπλους δὲ γενόμενος, καὶ κρατήσας φύσεως ἐξ ἀνδρὸς μὲν καὶ ταύρου μεμιγμένης, τὴν δʼ ἰσχὺν ἐχούσης οἵαν προσήκει τὴν ἐκ τοιούτων σωμάτων συγκειμένην, τοὺς μὲν παῖδας διασώσας τοῖς γονεῦσιν ἀπέδωκε, τὴν δὲ πόλιν οὕτως ἀνόμου καὶ δεινοῦ καὶ δυσαπαλλάκτου προστάγματος ἠλευθέρωσεν.

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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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