# Dialexeis 1.Subsection e-6

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΛΕ΄ XXXV (Duebn. VI vulg. 36 B 3), Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/1.Subsection%20e-6

Πατέ|ρα γάρ που θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων εἶναι λέγει τὸν Δία, οὔτι που διότι ὑπεκδὺς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, νῦν μὲν ὄρνιθι εἶκασθείς, νῦν δὲ χρυσῷ, καὶ ἄλλοτε ἄλλῳ, γυναιξὶ θνηταῖς ἐπλησίαζεν, σπερμαίνων τὰ πρῶτα γένος κυδρῶν βασιλήων· οὕτω γὰρ ἄν εἴη ὁ Ζεὺς ὀλιγοτεκνότατος· ἀλλὰ τὴν αἰτίαν ἀναθεὶς αὐτῷ τοῦ εἶναι τὰ γένη ταῦτα, καὶ σώζεσθαι, προσειπεῖν πατέρα, τῶν ἐν φιλίᾳ ὀνομάτων τὸ πρεσβύτατον.

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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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