# Ἀρταξέρξης 28.3

Plutarch, Ἀρταξέρξης, Chapter 28. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-21/28.3

καθόλου μὲν οὖν ἴσως, τὸ Σοφόκλειον, ταχεῖα πειθὼ τῶν κακῶν ὁδοιπορεῖ· λεία γάρ τις ἡ πορεία καὶ κατάντης ἐπὶ τὸ βουλόμενον. βούλονται δὲ οἱ πλεῖστοι τὰ φαῦλα διʼ ἀπειρίαν τῶν καλῶν καὶ ἄγνοιαν· οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τὸ μέγεθος τὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ τὸ πρὸς τὸν Ὦχον τοῦ Δαρείου δέος ὑπόθεσιν τῷ Τηριβάζῳ παρεῖχε· Κυπρογένεια δʼ οὐ πάμπαν ἀναίτιος, ἡ τῆς Ἀσπασίας ἀφαίρεσις.

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Plutarch, Ἀρταξέρξης, 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.tlg064.local001/.