# Dialexeis 7.Subsection c-6

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΚΔ΄ XXIV (Duebn. XXX vulg. 14), Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/7.Subsection%20c-6

Τὰ δὲ Περσικὰ εἰ λέγοις, στρατιωτικόν μοι καὶ τοῦτο λέγεις ἐκ γεωργίας. Πότε γάρ ποτε Μῆδοι μὲν ἡττῶνται, κρατοῦσιν δὲ Πέρσαι; ὅτε Πέρσαι μὲν ἐγεώργουν ἔτι, Μῆδοι δʼ ἐπολέμουν, τότε ἦλθεν αὐτοῖς ἀγὼν κύριος. Στρατιωτικὸν ἐν Πασαργάδαις νενικημένον, γῇ τραχείᾳ ὑπʼ αὐτουργίᾳ στρατιώτας διαπεπονημένους· ἀλλʼ ἐπεὶ γεωργοῦντες ἐπαύσαντο οἱ Πέρσαι, καὶ τῆς γῆς ἐπελάθοντο, καὶ τῶν ἀρότρων καὶ τῶν ἀμητηρίων, τότε ἀπέβαλλον καὶ τὰς ἀρετὰς ὁμοῦ τοῖς ὀργάνοις.

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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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