# Κάτων 25.5

Plutarch, Κάτων, Chapter 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-27/25.5

καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν ὡς ταῦτα ἔπραττεν εἰδὼς οὐ προσέχοντα τῇ Μαρκίᾳ τὸν Κάτωνα· κύουσαν γὰρ αὑτὴν τότε τυγχάνειν λέγουσιν. ὁ δὲ οὖν Κάτων ὁρῶν τήν τοῦ Ὁρτησίου σπουδὴν καὶ προθυμίαν οὐκ ἀντεῖπεν, ἀλλʼ ἔφη δεῖν καὶ Φιλίππῳ ταῦτα συνδόξαι τῷ πατρὶ τῆς Μαρκίας. ὡς οὖν ὁ Φίλιππος ἐντευχθεὶς ἔγνω τήν συγχώρησιν, οὐκ ἄλλως ἐνεγγύησε τήν Μαρκίαν ἢ παρόντος τοῦ Κάτωνος αὐτοῦ καὶ συνεγγυῶντος. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν, εἰ καὶ χρόνοις ὕστερον ἐπράχθη, μνησθέντι μοι τὸ τῶν γυναικῶν προλαβεῖν ἔδοξε.

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Plutarch, Κάτων, 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.tlg050.local001/.