# Ἀπομνημονεύματα 6.12-2

Xenophon, Ἀπομνημονεύματα, Ἀπομνημονευμάτων Β, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/xenophon/text-11/6.12-2

οὐκ ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐπʼ ἀρετῇ φιλοτιμουμένοις οὕτως ἐπῇδον. σχεδόν τι λέγεις τοιαῦτα χρῆναι ἑκάστῳ ἐπᾴδειν, οἷα μὴ νομιεῖ ἀκούων τὸν ἐπαινοῦντα καταγελῶντα λέγειν; οὕτω μὲν γὰρ ἐχθίων τʼ ἂν εἴη καὶ ἀπελαύνοι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ, εἰ τὸν εἰδότα ὅτι μικρός τε καὶ αἰσχρὸς καὶ ἀσθενής ἐστιν ἐπαινοίη λέγων ὅτι καλός τε καὶ μέγας καὶ ἰσχυρός ἐστιν. ἄλλας δέ τινας οἶσθα ἐπῳδάς;

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Xenophon, Ἀπομνημονεύματα, ed. Edgar Carew Marchant. 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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