# Ἑλένη 30

Isocrates, Ἑλένη, Section 30. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-20/30

ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων οὖν τούτων αἱροῦμαι τὰ μὲν πλεῖστα παραλιπεῖν διὰ τοὺς δυσκόλως ἀκροωμένους, περὶ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι συντομώτατα διελθεῖν, ἵνα τὰ μὲν ἐκείνοις, τὰ δʼ ἐμαυτῷ χαρίσωμαι, καὶ μὴ παντάπασιν ἡττηθῶ τῶν εἰθισμένων φθονεῖν καὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις ἅπασιν ἐπιτιμᾶν.

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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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