# Dialexeis 3.Subsection d-Subsection f

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 3.Subsection d to 3.Subsection f. Ancient Greek.

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

Ἀλλʼ αἰπολίου μὲν ἂν ἀποστήσας τὸν ποιμένα καὶ ἀφελὼν τὴν σύριγγα, διέλυσας τὸ αἰπόλιον· τῆς δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀγέλης ἐὰν ἀποστήσῃς τὸν ἡγεμόνα τοῦτον καὶ συναγωγέα λόγον, τί ἄλλο δράσεις; λυμαίνῃ καὶ διαλύεις ἀγέλην ἥμερον μὲν τὴν φύσιν, δυσπειθῆ δὲ ὑπὸ πονηρᾶς τροφῆς, καὶ δεομένην ποιμένος μουσικοῦ, μὴ μάστιγι μηδὲ κέντρῳ κολάζοντος αὐτῶν τὴν ἀπείθειαν. Παραπλήσιόν μοι γὰρ δοκεῖ δρᾶν, ὅστις οὐκ ἀξιοῖ τὸν φιλόσοφον μηδένα παριέναι καιρὸν λόγου, οἷον εἴ τις καὶ ἀνδρὶ δεινῷ τὰ πολέμια, ἀγαθῷ μὲν ὁπλιτεύειν, ἀγαθῷ δὲ ἑκηβολεῖν καὶ ἐφʼ ἵππου καὶ ξὺν ἅρματι, ἀποκρίναι καιρὸν ἕνα ἐξελόμενος τῆς ὅλης τοῦ πολέμου χρείας καὶ τύχης, πράγματος οὐχ ἑστῶτος οὐδʼ ὡμολογημένου.

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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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