# Κάτων 58.1

Plutarch, Κάτων, Chapter 58. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-27/58.1

ἐπεὶ μέντοι τὴν ἀρχὴν ὁ Σκηπίων παραλαβὼν εὐθὺς ἐβούλετο Ἰόβᾳ χαριζόμενος Ἰτυκαίους ἡβηδὸν ἀποκτεῖναι καί κατασκάψαι τὴν πόλιν ὡς τὰ Καίσαρος φρονοῦσαν, οὐχ ὑπέμεινεν ὁ Κάτων, ἀλλὰ μαρτυρόμενος καί κεκραγὼς ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ καί θεοκλυτῶν μόλις ἐξείλετο τῆς ὠμότητος αὐτῶν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους·

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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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