# Dialexeis 9.Subsection f

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΒ΄ XII (Duebn. XVIII volg. 2 B 15), Section 9. Ancient Greek.

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

Ἀνάγκη τὸν πονηρὸν κρατεῖν ἀγωνιζόμενον ἐν τοιούτῳ σταδίῳ, οὗ πονηροὶ μὲν θεαταί, ἄδικοι δὲ οἱ ἀθλοθέται· ὁ δὲ ἀγαθὸς ἐν τούτοῖς ἄτεχνος, καὶ || ἀμαθής, καὶ ἄπορος ἀπιστίας, καὶ πανουργίας, καὶ ἀπάτης, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων παλαισμάτων, ὑφʼ ὧν μοχθηρία κρατύνεται καὶ ἰσχυρίζεται· ὥστε καὶ καταγέλαστος ἂν γίγνοιτο ἀντεπιχειρῶν ἀδικεῖν ὁ μὴ πεφυκὼς τὸν ἄδικον καὶ τῇ φύσει, καὶ τῇ τέχνῃ, καὶ τῷ ἔθει.

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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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