# Λύσανδρος 7.3-4

Plutarch, Λύσανδρος, 7.3 to 7.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-103/7.3

τοῖς δὲ τὸν ἁπλοῦν καὶ γενναῖον ἀγαπῶσι τῶν ἡγεμόνων τρόπον, ὁ Λύσανδρος τῷ Καλλικρατίδᾳ παραβαλλόμενος ἐδόκει πανοῦργος εἶναι καὶ σοφιστής, ἀπάταις τὰ πολλὰ διαποικίλλων τοῦ πολέμου καὶ τὸ δίκαιον ἐπὶ τῷ λυσιτελοῦντι μεγαλύνων, εἰ δὲ μή, τῷ συμφέροντι χρώμενος ὡς καλῷ, καὶ τὸ ἀληθὲς οὐ φύσει τοῦ ψεύδους κρεῖττον ἡγούμενος, ἀλλʼ ἑκατέρου τῇ χρείᾳ τὴν τιμὴν ὁρίζων. τῶν δʼ ἀξιούντων μὴ πολεμεῖν μετὰ δόλου τοὺς ἀφʼ Ἡρακλέους γεγονότας καταγελᾶν ἐκέλευεν· ὅπου γὰρ ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐφικνεῖται, προσραπτέον ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν.

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Plutarch, Λύσανδρος, ed. Bernadotte Perrin. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0007.tlg032.local001/.