# Ἑλένη 52

Isocrates, Ἑλένη, Section 52. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-20/52

τοσοῦτος δʼ ἔρως ἐνέπεσε τῶν πόνων καὶ τῆς στρατείας ἐκείνης οὐ μόνον τοῖς Ἕλλησι καὶ τοῖς βαρβάροις ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς, ὥστʼ οὐδὲ τοὺς ἐξ αὑτῶν γεγονότας ἀπέτρεψαν τῶν ἀγώνων τῶν περὶ Τροίαν, ἀλλὰ Ζεὺς μὲν προειδὼς τὴν Σαρπηδόνος εἱμαρμένην, Ἠὼς δὲ τὴν Μέμνονος, Ποσειδῶν δὲ τὴν Κύκνου, Θέτις δὲ τὴν Ἀχιλλέως, ὅμως αὐτοὺς συνεξώρμησαν καὶ συνεξέπεμψαν,

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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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