# Dialexeis 3.Subsection a-9

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΔ΄ XIV (Duebn. XX vulg. 4 B 17), Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/3.Subsection%20a-9

Καὶ ὁ μὲν μῦθος ὡδὶ τελευτᾷ· μεταλαβὼν δὲ ὁ λόγος πρὸς αὐτὸν σκοπείτω ἄν, τίσι διακρίναι τὸν κόλακα τοῦ φίλου. Τὸν μὲν γὰρ χρυσὸν βασανίζει λίθος, προστριβόμενον αὐτῇ· φιλίας δὲ δὴ καὶ κολακείας τίς ἔσται βάσανος; ἆρα τὸ ἐξ ἑκατέρου τέλος; ἀλλʼ εἰ ἀναμενοῦμεν τὸ τέλος, ἄλλη βλάβη φθήσεται τὴν γνῶσιν· δεῖ δὲ κρῖναι, πρὶν ἄρξασθαι χρῆσθαι· ἐὰν δὲ ὑστερῇ τῆς χρήσεως ἡ κρίσις, ὁ χρήσασθαι φθάσας καὶ μεταγνούς εἰς οὐδὲν δέον τὴν κρίσιν κατατίθεται.

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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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