# Dialexeis 2.Subsection f-2-Subsection g

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 2.Subsection f to 2.Subsection g. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/2.Subsection%20f-2

Θητικὰ ταῦτα, εἰλωτικά· ταῦτα ὑπὸ ἀσπίδων σώ ζεται, τούτων δόρατα ὑπερμαχεῖ, ταῦτα δουλεύει τοῖς κρατοῦσιν. Αὕτη ἡ ἐν ὅπλοις ἀρετὴ καὶ τὴν Ἀθηναίων γῆν ἔτεμνεν, καὶ τὴν Ἀργείων ἐδῄου, καὶ Μεσσηνίους ἐλάμβανεν· ἐπεὶ δʼ ἐξέκαμεν αὕτη τοῖς Σπαρτιάταις, τὰ μὲν ὅπλα ἀπέθεντο, ἐγένοντο δὲ ἐξ ἐλευθέρων γεωργοί.

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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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