# Dialexeis 7.Subsection a-9-Subsection b

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 7.Subsection a to 7.Subsection b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/7.Subsection%20a-9

Ὅνπερ οὖν τρόπον ὁ μὲν θαρσῶν τῇ ἀρετῇ πρόσεισιν τοῖς θεοῖς ἄνευ δέους, ὁ δὲ ταπεινὸς διὰ μοχθηρίαν μετὰ πολλοῦ δέους, δύσελπις, καὶ δεδιὼς τοὺς θεούς, ὥσπερ τοὺς τυράννους, τοῦτον, οἶμαι, τὸν τρόπον καὶ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους εὔελπις μὲν καὶ θαρσαλέον ἡ φιλία, δύσελπις δὲ καὶ ἐπτηχὸς ἡ κολακεία. Τυ. ράννῳ οὐδεὶς φίλος, βασιλεῖ δὲ οὐδεὶς κόλαξ· βασιλεία δὲ τυραννίδος θειότερον.

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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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