# Dialexeis 10.Subsection a

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Β΄ II (Duebn. VIII vulg. 38 Β 5 Κ 2), Section 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/10.Subsection%20a

Ὁ μὲν γὰρ θεός, ὁ τῶν ὄντων πατὴρ καὶ δη||μιουργός, ὁ πρεσβύτερος μὲν ἡλίου, πρεσβύτερος δὲ οὐρανοῦ, κρείττων δὲ χρόνου καὶ αἰῶνος καὶ πάσης ῥεούσης φύσεως, ἀνώνυμος νομοθέτῃ, καὶ ἄρρητος φωνῇ, καὶ ἀόρατος ὀφθαλμοῖς· οὐκ ἔχοντες δὲ αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν τὴν οὐσίαν, ἐπερειδόμεθα φωναῖς, καὶ ὀνόμασιν, καὶ ζῴοις, καὶ τύποις χρυσοῦ καὶ ἐλέφαντος καὶ ἀρ|γύρου, καὶ φυτοῖς, καὶ ποταμοῖς, καὶ κορυφαῖς, καὶ νάμασιν· ἐπιθυμοῦντες μὲν αὐτοῦ τῆς νοήσεως, ὑπὸ δὲ ἀσθενείας τὰ παῤ ἡμῶν καλὰ τῇ ἐκείνου φύσει ἐπονομάζοντες·

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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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