# Dialexeis 7.Subsection a-14

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΚΖ΄ XXVII (Duebn. XXXIII vulg. 17), Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/7.Subsection%20a-14

Ἀρετὴ δέ, ἧσπερ εἵνεκεν τοὺς πολλοὺς λόγους κατεστησάμεθα, ἔμπαλιν ἔχει, αὐτὸ ἐκεῖνο κατὰ τὴν Λακωνικὴν πολιτείαν, ἧς τὸ τοιοῦτο μὲν πλῆθος ἄρχεται, τὸ δὲ ὀλίγον καὶ ἐπιεικὲς ἄρχει· καὶ τὸ μὲν σώζει, τὸ δὲ σώζεται· καὶ τὸ μὲν προστάττει, τὸ δὲ πείθεται· τὸ δὲ ἐξ ἀμφοῖν ἔργον ἐλευθερία· ἑκάτερον δὲ ἑκατέρου ἐνδεές, καὶ τὸ ἄρχον τῶν ἀρχομένων, καὶ τὸ ἀρχόμενον τῶν σωζόντων.

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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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