# Dialexeis 1.Subsection d-3

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΖ´, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/1.Subsection%20d-3

τὸ δὲ ἦν ἄρα οὐ τοιοῦτον· ἀλλὰ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων τὰ τέλη ἀνακαλεσάμενοι τὸν ‖ ἄνδρα, ἐκέλευον αὐτῷ ἐξεῖναι τῆς Σπάρτης αὐτίκα μάλʼ εἰς ἄλλην γῆν καὶ ἀνθρώπους ἄλλους — ‘ἐφίεμεν γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ πονεῖν δεῖσθαι τροφῆς ἀναγκαίας μᾶλλον ἢ τεχνικῆς, καὶ τὰ σώματα ἔχειν ἀκολάκευτα καὶ ἀπλᾶ, καὶ μηδὲν ὀφοποιοῦ δεόμενα, οὐ μᾶλλον ἢ τὰ τῶν λεόντωνʼ — ἀπεῖναι δὲ ἐκεῖσε, ἔνθα καὶ εἰκὸς τιμηθήσεσθαι αὐτῷ τὴν τέχνην, διʼ ἡδονῆς καὶ χρείας τούς δημιουργοὺς αὐτῆς ἀσπαζομένων.

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Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ed. Hermann Hobein. 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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