# Dialexeis 2.Subsection f-3

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΚΔ΄ XXIV (Duebn. XXX vulg. 14), Section 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/2.Subsection%20f-3

Καὶ περὶ μὲν τῶν ἀδίκων τί χρὴ σκοπεῖν; οὐ γὰρ δέος, μή τις αὐτοῖς προσθῇ ἐπαίνου μοῖραν. ἐπεὶ δὲ οἱ δίκαιοι οὐβουλήσει πολεμοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ ἀνάγκῃ, σωφρονίζοντες τὸ ἄδικον πᾶν, ὥσπερ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς, ἢ ἐπιόντας ἀμυνόμενοι, ὡς τοὺς Μήδους οἱ Ἕλληνες, πότερα δέξοιντο ἂν οἱ αὐτοὶ | οὗτοι, ἀπηλλαγμένοι τῆς τοῦ πολεμεῖν ἀνάγκης, ἀφῃρῆσθαι καὶ τὴν ἐν ὅπλοις ἀρετήν, ἢ σὺν τῷ ἀβουλήτῳ τῆς χρείας τὸ ἀναγκαῖον τῆς ἀρετῆς ἔχειν; ἐγὼ μὲν οἶμαι θάτερον, τὸ πρότερον.

---

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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0563.tlg001.local001/.