# Γάιος Μάριος 8.3

Plutarch, Γάιος Μάριος, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-106/8.3

ἐκ τούτου φανερῶς ἀπηχθάνοντο· καὶ λέγεταὶ ποτε τοῦ Μαρίου παρόντος οἷον ἐφυβρίζων ὁ Μέτελλος εἰπεῖν, σὺ δὴ καταλιπὼν ἡμᾶς, ὦ γενναῖε, πλεῖν ἐπʼ οἴκου διανοῇ καὶ παραγγέλλειν ὑπατείαν; οὐ γάρ ἀγαπήσεις, ἂν τᾠμῷ παιδὶ τούτῳ συνυπατεύσῃς; ἦν δ’ ὁ παῖς τότε τοῦ Μετέλλου παντάπασι μειράκιον.

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Plutarch, Γάιος Μάριος, 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.tlg031.local001/.