# Κάτων 51.4

Plutarch, Κάτων, Chapter 51. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-27/51.4

εἰ σωφρονοῦσι, φοβητέον ἐστὶν αὐτοῖς, οὕτως ἐπέστρεψε καὶ παρώξυνεν ὡς τοὺς φίλους τοῦ Καίσαρος μετανοεῖν, ὅτι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἀναγνόντες ἐν τῇ βουλῇ καιρὸν τῷ Κάτωνι λόγων δικαίων καὶ κατηγοριῶν ἀληθῶν παρέσχον, Ἐκυρώθη μὲν οὖν οὐδέν, ἀλλʼ ἐλέχθη μόνον ὅτι καλῶς ἔχει διάδοχον Καίσαρι δοθῆναι.

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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.
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