# Dialexeis 7.Subsection a-18

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΛΕ΄ XXXV (Duebn. VI vulg. 36 B 3), Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/7.Subsection%20a-18

Σπάνιον δὲ τὸ κτῆμα τοῦτο· τὸ δὲ εἴδωλον αὐτοῦ πρόχειρον καὶ παντοδαπόν, κολάκων ἐσμοὶ καὶ θίασοι, σεσηρότων καὶ σαινόντων, καὶ ἐπʼ ἄκρᾳ τῇ γλώττῃ τὸ φιλεῖν ἔχουσιν· οὐχ ὑπʼ εὐνοίας ἀγομένων, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ τῆς χρείας ήναγκασμένων· καὶ μισθοφόρων, ἀλλὰ οὐ φίλων· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπαλλαγὴ τοῦ κακοῦ, μέχρις ἄν ὡ〈φελοῦν〉 τὸ φιλεῖν νομίζωσιν·

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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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