# Dialexeis 9.Subsection a-7

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Κ΄ XX (uebn. XXVI vulg. 10), Section 9. Ancient Greek.

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

Ἐν Λοκροῖς τοῖς Ἰταλιώταις ἔφηβος ἦν καλός, καὶ νόμος καλός, καὶ ἐρασταὶ πονηροί· ἐρᾶν μὲν ἠναγκάζοντο ὑπὸ τοῦ κάλλους, εἴργοντο δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου κακῶς ἐρᾶν· οἰστρούμενοι δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους πρὸς τὴν ὕβριν, τὸν μὲν ἔφηβον οὐκ ἔπεισαν (νόμιμος γὰρ ἦν), ἧξαν δὲ οἱ δυστυχεῖς ἐπὶ βρόχον πάντες ἑξῆς. Ἄξιοι μὲν θανάτου· τί γὰρ δεῖ ζῆν ἄνδρα μηδὲ ὀφθαλμῶν ἀνεχόμενον; Ἄγαλμα μέν τις ἰδὼν καὶ ἐπαινέσας τὸ κάλλος, οὐκ ἐδεήθη βρόχου·

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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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