# Dialexeis 1.Subsection c-3

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΚΒ΄ (Duebn XXVIII vulg. 12), Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/1.Subsection%20c-3

καὶ κρατῆρος μεστοῦ;’ Ἐρωτῶ δὴ τὸν Ὀδυσσέα ‘Τί ἡγεῖ εἶναι τὴν εὐφροσύνην, ὦ σοφώτατε ἀνδρῶν; τράπεζαν μεστὴν κρεῶν καὶ σίτου, καὶ κρατῆρας πλήρεις, καὶ οἶνον διαχεόμενον, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις ᾄδοντα ἀοιδόν, οἵας ἐκεῖνος ᾠδὰς ᾖδεν, (θ 75) νεῖκος Ὀδυσσῆος καὶ Πηλείδεω Ἀχιλλῆος; ἢ αὖ κοῖλον ἵππον, ἔνθα εἰσδύντες οἱ ἄριστοι τῶν Ἑλλήνων, εἰς τὸ ἄστυ εἰσενεχθέντες, προχυθέντες τοῦ ἵππου, μεθύουσιν ἐπιθέμενοι, εἷλον τὸ ἄστυ; (ι 11) Τοῦτο τί σοι κάλλιστον ἐνὶ φρεσὶν εἴδεται εἶναι;

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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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