# Ἑλένη 8

Isocrates, Ἑλένη, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-20/8

τοσοῦτον δʼ ἐπιδεδωκέναι πεποιήκασι τὸ ψευδολογεῖν ὥστʼ ἤδη τινές, ὁρῶντες τούτους ἐκ τῶν τοιούτων ὠφελουμένους, τολμῶσι γράφειν ὡς ἔστιν ὁ τῶν πτωχευόντων καὶ φευγόντων βίος ζηλωτότερος ἢ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ποιοῦνται τεκμήριον, ὡς εἰ περὶ πονηρῶν πραγμάτων ἔχουσί τι λέγειν, περί γε τῶν καλῶν κἀγαθῶν ῥᾳδίως εὐπορήσουσιν.

---

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/.