# Ἄγις καὶ Κλεομένης 31.5

Plutarch, Ἄγις καὶ Κλεομένης, Κλεομένης, Chapter 31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-7/31.5

πολεμίοις μὲν γὰρ ἐν ἐνέδωκαν ἤδη καὶ κρείττονες ἡμῶν, ἢ τύχῃ σφαλέντες ἢ βιασθέντες ὑπὸ πλήθους· ὁ δὲ πρὸς πόνους καὶ ταλαιπωρίας ἢ ψόγους καὶ δόξας ἀνθρώπων ἀπα· γορεύων ἡττᾶται τῆς αὑτοῦ μαλακίας, δεῖ γὰρ τὸν αὐθαίρετον θάνατον οὐ φυγὴν εἶναι πράξεων, ἀλλὰ πρᾶξιν. αἰσχρόν γὰρ καὶ ζῆν μόνοις ἑαυτοῖς καὶ ἀποθνῄσκειν· ἐφʼ ὃ νῦν σὺ παρακαλεῖς ἡμᾶς, σπεύδων ἀπαλλαγῆναι τῶν παρόντων, καλὸν δὲ οὐδὲν οὐδὲ χρήσιμον ἄλλο διαπραττόμενος,

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Plutarch, Ἄγις καὶ Κλεομένης, 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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