# Dialexeis 3.Subsection b-6

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙϚ´ XVI (Duebn. XXII vulg. 6), Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/3.Subsection%20b-6

Τὰ γὰρ κοινὰ σώζεσθαι φιλεῖ, οὐκ ἐὰν τὰ τείχη ὑμῖν ἀραρότα ᾖ, οὐδὲ νεὼς οἶκοι σωζόμενοι, οὐδὲ νῆες αὐταὶ πλέουσαι, οὐδέ γε στοαί, καὶ ἄλση, καὶ γυμνάσια, καὶ τεμένη, καὶ πομπεῖα (ταῦτα γὰρ δὴ εἰ καὶ μὴ οἱ πολέμιοι, μηδὲ πῦρ, μηδὲ ἄλλή τις συμφορά, ἀλλʼ ὅ γε χρόνος λαβὼν οἰχήσεται)· τὸ δὲ σῶζον τὰς πόλεις ἡ ἁρμονία, καὶ ὁ τῆς πολιτείας κόσμος· φημὶ κἀγώ. Ταῦτα δὲ ὑπὸ τῆς εὐνομίας γίγνεται, τὴν δὲ εὐνομίαν ἡ τῶν χρωμένων ἀρετὴ φυλάττει, τὴν δὲ ἀρετὴν διδόασιν οἱ λόγοι, τοὺς δὲ λόγους ἡ ἄσκησις, τὴν δὲ ἄσκησιν ἡ ἀλήθεια, τὴν δὲ ἀλήθειαν ἡ περὶ αὐτὴν σχολή.

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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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