# Ἑλένη 37

Isocrates, Ἑλένη, Section 37. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-20/37

καὶ γάρ τοι διετέλεσε τὸν βίον οὐκ ἐπιβουλευόμενος ἀλλʼ ἀγαπώμενος, οὐδʼ ἐπακτῷ δυνάμει τὴν ἀρχὴν διαφυλάττων, ἀλλὰ τῇ τῶν πολιτῶν εὐνοίᾳ δορυφορούμενος, τῇ μὲν ἐξουσίᾳ τυραννῶν, ταῖς δʼ εὐεργεσίαις δημαγωγῶν· οὕτω γὰρ νομίμως καὶ καλῶς διῴκει τὴν πόλιν ὥστʼ ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἴχνος τῆς ἐκείνου πραότητος ἐν τοῖς ἤθεσιν ἡμῶν καταλελεῖφθαι.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0010.tlg009.local001/.