Isocrates, Helen, ed. Larue Van Hook, 15

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[15] ἔστι δʼ οὐκ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν ἰδεῶν οὐδὲ περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἔργων¹ ὁ λόγος, ἀλλὰ πᾶν τοὐναντίον· ἀπολογεῖσθαι μὲν γὰρ προσήκει περὶ τῶν ἀδικεῖν αἰτίαν ἐχόντων, ἐπαινεῖν δὲ τοὺς ἐπʼ ἀγαθῷ τινὶ διαφέροντας. ἵνα δὲ μὴ δοκῶ τὸ ῥᾷστον ποιεῖν, ἐπιτιμᾶν τοῖς ἄλλοις μηδὲν ἐπιδεικνὺς τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ, πειράσομαι περὶ τῆς αὐτῆς ταύτης εἰπεῖν, παραλιπὼν ἅπαντα τὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις εἰρημένα.

Helen. Isocrates. ed. Larue Van Hook. Cambridge, MA. 1945.

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

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Helen Perseus (Isocrates, Vol. 3. Van Hook, Larue, translator. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (printing).) — 15 focus

[15] But the composition in defense does not draw upon the same topics as the encomium, nor indeed does it deal with actions of the same kind, but quite the contrary; for a plea in defense is appropriate only when the defendant is charged with a crime, whereas we praise those who excel in some good quality. But that I may not seem to be taking the easiest course, criticizing others without exhibiting any specimen of my own¹, I will try to speak of this same woman, disregarding all that any others have said about her.

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Helen

1. ἔργων MSS. is bracketed by Blass who prefers, without good reason, ἀνθρώπων. Drerup retains ἔργων. Capps suggests ἔργων ἑκάτερος ὁ λόγος, which is tempting.

Isocrates Helen 15

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