# Dialexeis 1.Subsection c-5

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΛΔ΄ XXXIV (Duebn vulg 35 B 2), Section 1. Ancient Greek.

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

χε δὴ αὐτόθι. Μὴ ἀποκρινούμεθα σού πη δικαιότερον, ὡς εἰ μέν που τίς ἐστιν ἀνθρώπου ὄψις ἀνέχεσθαι φωτὸς διηνεκοῦς, καὶ εἴπέρ τις μηχανὴ στῆσαι τὸν ὕλιον τοῦ κύκλῳ δρόμου, ὥστε ἀνέχειν ὑπὲρ γῆς αἰεί, καθάπερ πυρσὸν ἐκ κορυφῆς ὑψηλῆς ἐκπέμ ποντα ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς τὸ παρʼ ἑαυ- τοῦ φῶς· εἰ ταῦτα ὑπάρχοι, καὶ σταίη μὲν ὁ ἥλιος, ἀνέχοιντο δὲ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν διηνεκῶς δεδορκότες, τίς οὕτως ἀνόητος καὶ ἐπιμανὴς καὶ κακοδαίμων τοῦ ἔρωτος, ὥστε ποθῆσαι νύκτα καὶ σκότος, καὶ ὀφθαλμῶν ἀργίαν, καὶ σώματος ρίψιν ἐγγύτατα

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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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