# Φωκίων 9.2

Plutarch, Φωκίων, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-117/9.2

ἀνὴρ δειλὸς ἐπὶ πόλεμον ἐξῄει, φθεγξαμένων δὲ κοράκων τὰ ὅπλα θεὶς ἡσύχαζεν· εἶτα ἀναλαβὼν αὖθις ἐξῄει, καὶ φθεγγομένων πάλιν ὑπέστη, καὶ τέλος εἶπεν· Ὑμεῖς κεκράξεσθε μὲν μέγιστον ὡς δυνατόν, ἐμοῦ δὲ οὐ γεύσεσθε. πάλιν δέ ποτε τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐξαγαγεῖν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς πολεμίους κελευόντων, ὡς δʼ οὐκ ἐβούλετο, δειλὸν καὶ ἄνανδρον ἀποκαλούντων, οὔτε ὑμεῖς, εἶπεν, ἐμὲ δύνασθε ποιῆσαι θαρσαλέον οὔτε ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς δειλούς. οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ ἴσμεν ἀλλήλους.

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Plutarch, Φωκίων, 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.tlg049.local001/.