# Θεμιστοκλῆς 19.4

Plutarch, Θεμιστοκλῆς, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-134/19.4

ὅθεν καὶ τὸν δῆμον ηὔξησε κατὰ τῶν ἀρίστων καὶ θράσους ἐνέπλησεν, εἰς ναύτας καὶ κελευστὰς καὶ κυβερνήτας τῆς δυνάμεως ἀφικομένης. διὸ καὶ τὸ βῆμα τὸ ἐν Πνυκὶ πεποιημένον ὥστʼ ἀποβλέπειν πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ὕστερον οἱ τριάκοντα πρὸς τὴν χώραν ἀπέστρεψαν, οἰόμενοι τὴν μὲν κατὰ θάλατταν ἀρχὴν γένεσιν εἶναι δημοκρατίας, ὀλιγαρχίᾳ δʼ ἧττον δυσχεραίνειν τοὺς γεωργοῦντας.

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Plutarch, Θεμιστοκλῆς, 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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