# Δημήτριος 52.1

Plutarch, Δημήτριος, Chapter 52. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/plutarch/text-94/52.1

ὁ δὲ Δημήτριος, ὡς ἐν ἀρχῇ τὴν τύχην προσπεσοῦσαν ὑπέμεινε, καὶ ῥᾷον ἤδη φέρειν εἰθίζετο τὰ παρόντα, πρῶτον μὲν ἁμῶς γέ πως ἐκίνει τὸ σῶμα, θήρας, ἐφʼ ὅσον ἦν, καὶ δρόμων ἁπτόμενος, ἔπειτα κατὰ μικρὸν ὄκνου πρὸς αὐτὰ καὶ νωθείας ἐπίμπλατο, καὶ φέρων ἑαυτὸν εἰς πότους καὶ κύβους κατέβαλε καὶ τοῦ χρόνου τὸν πλεῖστον ἐν τούτοις διῆγεν,

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Plutarch, Δημήτριος, 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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