# Πύρρος 8.5

Plutarch, Πύρρος, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-122/8.5

ἐν δὲ Ἀμβρακίᾳ κακολόγον τινὰ καὶ βλάσφημον ἄνθρωπον οἰομένων δεῖν μεταστῆσαι τὸν Πύρρον αὐτοῦ μένων, ἔφη, μᾶλλον ἡμᾶς ἐν ὀλίγοις ἢ περιιὼν πρὸς ἅπαντας ἀνθρώπους κακῶς λεγέτω. καὶ τοὺς παρʼ οἶνον αὑτὸν λοιδορήσαντας, εἶτα ἐλεγχομένους ἠρώτησεν εἰ ταῦτα εἶπον· ἀποκριναμένου δὲ τῶν νεανίσκων ἑνός, ταῦτα, ὦ βασιλεῦ· πλείονα δ’ ἂν ἔτι τούτων εἰρήκειμεν, εἰ πλείων παρῆν οἶνος ἡμῖν, γελάσας ἀφῆκε.

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Plutarch, Πύρρος, 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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