In In Praise of Helen, Rosamond Kent Sprague explains how one of the characters; Gorgius strongly defended Helen's bad actions. Kent organized his ideas systematically in his attempt to save Helen from the accusations of her community, as everyone blamed her for causing war and suffering to her community. He uses very persuasive language to convince his audience that she was not 100% guilty, even though he admits that she was not ignorant. His language is rich in metaphors and similes which, when he speaks with great purpose, convince the audience. Gorgius had a well-structured flow of ideas; he began by winning the audience of his speech to his opinion by dismissing Hélène's detractors. He began his speech in such a way as to give the audience an image of his detractors as unethical, ignorant and unreasonable and in this way he won the audience to his side from the very beginning. As Kent says: “For my part, by introducing a little reasoning into my speech, I wish to free the accused from the blame and, having reprimanded her detractors as prevaricators and proven the truth, free her from their ignorance. » (Sprague 50) He also began his speech in a way to make the audience believe in his words by stating that the city brings labor, the body brings beauty, the soul brings wisdom, actions bring virtues and the word brings the truth: this is why he tries to convince. the public to believe in his speech without doubting it. In its defense strategy. Gorgius begins by recognizing all the possible reasons that could have attracted Helen to her actions, as he explains, "for whether by the will of fate and the decision of the gods and the vote of necessity, she did what she did, either by reduced force or by w...... middle of paper ......ch he never referred to what Helen said as sin or shame, but instead, he continues to refer to her sins as “what she did.” He also introduced his argument by stating that she was taken, but never accompanied the trip abroad. Whenever he referred to his accusers, he called them detractors to create a negative image in the minds of his listeners. In conclusion, Sprague has conveyed his message to the reader with a remarkably orderly structure of ideas. In order to convince the readers, the author uses persuasive language with metaphors, similes and repetitions. He also took a strong stance throughout the article, thus managing to win over the audience to a large extent. Works Cited Rosamond KS The Older Sophists: A Complete Many-Handed Translation of the Fragments.” South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. 1972. Print.