# Ex Agatharchidis De Maris Erythraeo Libri Excerpta 18

Agatharchides, Ex Agatharchidis De Maris Erythraeo Libri Excerpta, ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΡΥΘΡΑΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΗΣ ΕΚ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΩΤΟΥ ΛΟΓΟΥ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/agatharchides/ex-agatharchidis-de-maris-erythraeo-libri-excerpta/18

18. Ὅταν ὁ δημαγωγὸς τοῖς πολλοῖς διαλέγηται, μὴ τὴν τοῦ φίλου τάξιν ὑποστησάμενος, ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ κόλακος, ἡ τῶν ὄχλων ὁρμὴ βεβαιωτὴν λαβοῦσα τῆς ἁμαρτίας τὸν σύμβουλον ἀνέτρεψε τὴν πόλιν. Ἐνσκήπτει γὰρ ὁ μῶμος οὐ κατὰ τῶν ὑπαιτίων μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἷς ἂν ὁ φθόνος αὐτῷ τὴν ἔφοδον προοδοποιήσαιτο. Ἤκρατεῖ γὰρ ὁ μῶμος οὐ τῶν ὑπαιτίων μόνον, ἀλλʼ ἔσθ᾿ ὅτε καὶ τῶν ἐπικρατεστέρων αἰτίας, ἐπειδὰν ὁ φθόνος πικρὸν τὸ βέλος ἀφεὶς προκατειργάσατο τὸν οὐκ ἄξιον τοῦτο πείσεσθαι.

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Agatharchides, Ex Agatharchidis De Maris Erythraeo Libri Excerpta, ed. Carolus Müllerus. 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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