# Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17) 38.4

Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), Book XII, Chapter 38. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diodorus-siculus/books-11-17/38.4

διόπερ Περικλῆς ἀποδεξάμενος τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ἀπόφασιν ἐζήτει, διʼ οὗ τρόπου τοὺς Ἀθηναίους δύναιτʼ ἂν ἐμβαλεῖν εἰς μέγαν πόλεμον· οὕτω γὰρ μάλιστα ὑπελάμβανε διὰ τὴν ταραχὴν καὶ τοὺς τῆς πόλεως περισπασμοὺς καὶ φόβους ἐκφεύξεσθαι τὸν ἀκριβῆ λόγον τῶν χρημάτων. πρὸς δὲ ταύτην τὴν ἀφορμὴν συνέβαινεν αὐτῷ καὶ ταὐτόματον διὰ τοιαύτας αἰτίας.

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Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), ed. C. H. Oldfather, Charles L. Sherman, C. Bradford Welles. 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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