# Dialexeis 7.Subsection c-3

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΔ΄ XIV (Duebn. XX vulg. 4 B 17), Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/7.Subsection%20c-3

Εἰ δέ ἐστιν ἡ φιλία ἰσότης τρόπου, τὸ δὲ μοχθηρὸν οὔτε αὐτὸ αὐτῷ οὔτε τῷ χρηστῷ ἴσον, ὁ μὲν ἀγαθὸς τὸ ἀγαθῷ φίλος, ἴσος γάρ· ὁ δὲ κόλαξ τοῦ μὲν ἀγαθοῦ πῶς ἄν εἴη κόλαξ; οὐ γὰρ ἂν λάθοι· τοῦ δὲ μοχθηροῦ κόλαξ ὤν, εἰ μὲν εἴη ἴσος ἐκείνῳ, οὐκ ἂν εἴη κόλαξ· οὐ γὰρ ἀνέχεται κολακεία ἰσηγορίας· εἰ δὲ οὐκ εἴη ἴσος, οὐκ ἂν εἴη φίλος.

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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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