Isocrates, Helen, Larue Van Hook (Translator), 12

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[12] no one who has chosen to praise bumble-bees and salt¹ and kindred topics has never been at a loss for words, yet those who have essayed to speak on subjects recognized as good or noble, or of superior moral worth have all fallen far short of the possibilities which these subjects offer.

Helen. Isocrates. Larue Van Hook (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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Helen (English) (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).)

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Ἑλένη Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 12 focus

[12] τῶν μὲν γὰρ τοὺς βομβυλιοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἅλας καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα βουληθέντων ἐπαινεῖν οὐδεὶς πώποτε λόγων ἠπόρησεν, οἱ δὲ περὶ τῶν ὁμολογουμένων ἀγαθῶν ἢ καλῶν ἢ τῶν διαφερόντων ἐπʼ ἀρετῇ λέγειν ἐπιχειρήσαντες πολὺ καταδεέστερον τῶν ὑπαρχόντων ἅπαντες εἰρήκασιν.

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1. Cf. Plat. Sym. 177b , where there is reference to an Encomium of Salt by an unknown writer. See Isoc. 12.135 . Cf. Lucian’s comic encomium, Praise of the Fly(see L.C.L. Lucian, Vol. I, pp. 81 ff.).

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