# Dialexeis 1.Section e

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Ι΄ (Duebn XVI vulg 28 B 13 K 10), Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/1.Section%20e

Λέγει γάρ που Ὅμηρος (υ 562) δύο εἶναι πύλας ἀμενηνῶν ὀνείρων, τὴν μὲν ἐξ ἐλέφαντος, τὴν δὲ ἐκ κεράτων· τοὺς μὲν οὖν διὰ κεράτων ἰόντας ἀτρεκεῖς τε εἶναι καὶ πιθανοὺς πιστεύεσθαι· τοὺς δὲ ἑτέρους σφαλερούς, καὶ ἀπατεῶνας, καὶ μηδὲν ὕπαρ ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχὴν φέροντας. Ταύτῃ τοι ἔτεινεν καὶ ὁ Ἐπι ‖μενίδου εἴτε μῦθος εἴτε καὶ ἀληθὴς λόγος. Ἐνύπνιον γάρ τι ἐστὶν ἀτεχνῶς οὑτοσὶ ὁ δεῦρο βίος, καθʼ ὃν ἡ ψυχὴ κατορωρυγμένη ἐν σώματι ὑπὸ κόρου καὶ πλησμονῆς μόγις πως ὀνειρώττει τὰ ὄντα.

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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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