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Plutarch moves back to more discussion of Themistocles’ character. While I didn’t often end up translating those sections, and so didn’t note them in detail, Herodotus at least is of the opinion that much of what Themistocles did was motivated by greed. He’s always being bribed into doing something that’s coincidentally very useful to the war effort, or coming up with some brilliant strategic move juuuust because there was cash in it for him. (Oh, Herodotus.) As is usual, Plutarch chooses to analyze this via Witty Anecdote.

( Now for details on how Themistocles got along with money. (The answer: very, very amiably.) )