# Dialexeis 1.Subsection b-5-Subsection c

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 1.Subsection b to 1.Subsection c. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/1.Subsection%20b-5

ἔξοχα δή σε βροτῶν, ὦ Ὅμηρε, αἰνίζομαι πάντων, ἢ σέ γε μοῦσα δίδαξε Διὸς παῖς, ἢ σέ γʼ Ἀπόλλων. Τὰ δὲ Μουσῶν καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος διδάγματα οὐδὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν θέμις ἄλλό τι ὑπολαβεῖν, ἢ ἀφʼ ὧν ψυχὴ εἰς κόσμον καθίσταται. Τοῦτο δὲ τί ἂν εἴη ἄλλο ἢ φιλοσοφία; ταύτην δὲ τί ἄλλο ὑποληψόμεθα ἢ ἐπιστήμην ἀκριβῆ θείων τε πέρι κἀνθρωπίνων, χορηγὸν ἀρετῆς καὶ λογισμῶν καλῶν καὶ ἁρμονίας βίου καὶ ἐπιτηδευμάτων δεξιῶν;

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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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