# Νικίας 5.4

Plutarch, Νικίας, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-109/5.4

ὅθεν αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ σῶμα διάκειται κακῶς, καὶ τοῖς φίλοις οὐ προσηνὴς οὐδὲ ἡδύς ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τούτους προσαποβέβληκε τοῖς χρήμασι πολιτευόμενος. οἱ δʼ ἄλλοι καὶ φίλους κτώμενοι καὶ πλουτίζοντες αὑτοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματος εὐπαθοῦσι καὶ προσπαίζουσι τῇ πολιτείᾳ. τῷ δʼ ὄντι τοιοῦτος ἦν ὁ Νικίου βίος ὥστʼ αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν τὰ τοῦ Ἀγαμέμνονος εἰς αὑτόν· προστάτην γε τοῦ βίου τὸν ὄγκον ἔχομεν, τῷ τʼ ὄχλῳ δουλεύομεν. Eur. IA 445 f.

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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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