# Νικίας 2.3

Plutarch, Νικίας, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-109/2.3

ἴσχυε μὲν γὰρ ὁ Κλέων μέγα γερονταγωγῶν κἀναμισθαρνεῖν διδούς, ὅμως δὲ καὶ τὴν πλεονεξίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἰταμότητα καὶ τὸ θράσος ὁρῶντες αὐτοὶ οἷς πρὸς χάριν ἔπραττεν, οἱ πολλοὶ τὸν Νικίαν ἐπήγοντο. καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἦν αὐστηρὸν οὐδʼ ἐπαχθὲς ἄγαν αὐτοῦ τὸ σεμνόν, ἀλλʼ εὐλαβείᾳ τινὶ μεμιγμένον αὐτῷ τῷ δεδιέναι δοκοῦντι τοὺς πολλοὺς δημαγωγοῦν.

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Plutarch, Νικίας, 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.
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