# Dialexeis 3.Subsection c-6-Subsection g

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 3.Subsection c to 3.Subsection g. Ancient Greek.

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

Βούλει τοίνυν ἡδονῇ καὶ λύπῃ κρινοῦμεν τὸν φίλον καὶ τὸν κόλακα; Καὶ μὴν καὶ ὁ κόλαξ ὑπερβολὴν λαβὼν ἀνιαρότατον καὶ ἐπαχθέστατον, καὶ ὁ φίλος ἥδιστον εὐτυχίαν προσλαβών. ῾Μήποτε οὖν βλάβῃ καὶ ὠφελείᾳ τοὺς ἄνδρας κριτέον. ʼἈμφισβητήσιμον καὶ τοῦτο λέγεις. μὲν γὰρ κόλαξ, κἂν βλάψῃ, ἢ εἰς χρήματα ἐζημίωσεν, ἢ εἰς ἡδονὴν ἐξέχεεν· ὧν τὸ μὲν εἰς χρήματα κουφότατον, τὸ δὲ εἰς ἡδονὴν τερπνότατον· διὰ δὲ φιλίας πολλοὶ ἤδη καὶ φυγῆς ἐκοινώνησαν, καὶ ἀτιμίας συναπέλαυσαν, καὶ θανάτῳ περιέπεσον.

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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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