# Dialexeis 11.Subsection b

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΑ΄ XI (Dueba. XVII vulg. 1 B 14 K 11), Section 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/11.Subsection%20b

Εἰ δὲ καὶ νῦν ἤδη μαθεῖν ἐρᾷς τὴν ἐκείνου φύσιν, πῶς τὶς αὐτὴν διηγήσεται; Καλὸν μὲν γὰρ εἶναι τὸν θεόν, καὶ τῶν καλῶν τὸ φανότατον· ἀλλʼ οὐ σῶμα καλόν· ἄλλοθεν καὶ τῷ σώματι ἐπιρρεῖ τὸ κάλλος· οὐδὲ λειμὼν καλόν· ἄλλοθέν ποθεν καὶ ὁ λειμὼν καλός· καὶ ποταμοῦ κάλλος, καὶ θαλάττης, καὶ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ τῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ θεῶν, πᾶν τὸ κάλλος τοῦτο ἐκεῖθεν ῥεῖ ὂν ἐκ πηγῆς ἀενάου καὶ ἀκηράτου·

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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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