# Dialexeis 11.Subsection e

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%20e

θεόν, εἰ δὲ μή, πῶς τις αὐτὸν αἰνίξηται; Ἐννόει γάρ μοι μήτε μέγεθος, μήτε χρῶμα, μήτε σχῆμα, μήτε ἄλλό τι ὕλης πάθος, ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ καὶ σῶμα καλὸν ἀπεκρύπτετο πρὸς τὴν θέαν ὑπὸ ἐσθήτων πολλῶν καὶ ποικίλων, ἀπέδυσεν αὐτὸ ἐραστής, ἵνα εἰδῇ σαφῶς· οὕτω καὶ νῦν ἀπόδυσον καὶ ἄφελε τῷ λόγῳ τὴν περιβολὴν ταύτην, καὶ τὴν ἀσχολίαν τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, καὶ τὸ καταλειπόμενον ὄψει, αὐτὸ ἐκεῖνο οἷον ποθεῖς.

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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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