# Ἄρατος 50.6

Plutarch, Ἄρατος, Chapter 50. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-19/50.6

λῃσταὶ γὰρ ἐμφύονται πέτραις καὶ κρημνῶν περιέχονται, βασιλεῖ δὲ πίστεως καὶ χάριτος ἰσχυρότερον οὐδὲν οὐδὲ ὀχυρώτερον. ταῦτα σοι τὸ Κρητικὸν ἀνοίγει πέλαγος, ταῦτα τὴν Πελοπόννησον. ἀπὸ τούτων ὁρμώμενος σὺ τοσοῦτος ἡλικίαν τῶν μὲν ἡγεμών, τῶν δὲ κύριος ἤδη καθέστηκας ἔτι λέγοντος αὐτοῦ τὰ μὲν σπλάγχνα τῷ μάντει παρέδωκεν ὁ Φίλιππος, ἐκεῖνον δὲ πῆς χειρὸς ἐπισπασάμενος, δεῦρο τοίνυν, ἔφη, τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἴωμεν ὥσπερ ἐκβεβιασμένος ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἀφῃρημένος.

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Plutarch, Ἄρατος, 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.tlg063.local001/.