# Dialexeis 1.Subsection a-9-Subsection c

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΒ΄ XII (Duebn. XVIII volg. 2 B 15), Section 1, lines 1.Subsection a-1.Subsection c. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/1.Subsection%20a-9

Εἰ τὸν ἀδικήσαντα ἀνταδικητέον.
Πότερον δίκα τεῖχος ὕψιον,
σκολιαῖς ἀπάταις ἀναβαίνει
ἐπιχθόνιον γένος ἀνθρώπων,
δίχα μοι νόος ἀτρεκίαν εἰπεῖν.
Σὺ μέν, ὦ Πίνδαρε, ἀμφισβητεῖς πρὸς ἑαυτὸν περὶ ἀπάτης καὶ δίκης, παραβάλλων χρυσὸν χαλκῷ·
ποιητὴς γὰρ ἦσθα· καὶ δεινὸς ᾠδὴν συντιθέναι χορῷ, καὶ τυράννοις ποιεῖν ἐπινίκια ᾄσματα, καί σοι ἐμέλησεν ὀνομάτων μέτρου, καὶ ἁρμονίας μελῶν, καὶ ῥυθμοῦ σχημάτων·

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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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