# Ἀποφθέγματα βασιλέων καὶ στρατηγῶν 1-2-3

Plutarch, Ἀποφθέγματα βασιλέων καὶ στρατηγῶν, 1 to 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-127/1-2

Πέρσαι τῶν γρυπῶν ἐρῶσι διὰ τὸ Κῦρον ἀγαπηθέντα μάλιστα τῶν βασιλέων γεγονέναι γρυπὸν τὸ εἶδος. ἔλεγε δὲ Κῦρος ἑτέροις ἀναγκάζεσθαι τἀγαθὰ πορίζειν τοὺς αὑτοῖς μὴ θέλοντας· ἄρχειν δὲ μηδενὶ προσήκειν, ὃς οὐ κρείττων ἐστὶ τῶν ἀρχομένων. βουλομένους δὲ τοὺς Πέρσας ἀντὶ τῆς ἑαυτῶν οὔσης ὀρεινῆς καὶ τραχείας πεδιάδα καὶ μαλακὴν χώραν λαβεῖν οὐκ εἴασεν, εἰπὼν ὅτι καὶ τῶν φυτῶν τὰ σπέρματα καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἱ βίοι ταῖς χώραις συνεξομοιοῦνται.

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Plutarch, Ἀποφθέγματα βασιλέων καὶ στρατηγῶν, ed. Frank Cole Babbitt. 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.tlg081.local001/.