# Dialexeis 2-11

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΚΑ΄ XXI (Duebn. XXVII vulg. 11), Section 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/2-11

Τοιαύτην φασὶ καὶ τὸν Ἀνακρέοντα ἐκεῖνον τὸν Τήῖον ποιητὴν δοῦναι δίκην τῷ ἔρωτι. Ἐν τῇ τῶν Ἰώνων ἀγορᾷ, ἐν Πανιωνίῳ, ἐκόμιζεν τιτθὴ βρέφος· ὁ δὲ Ἀνακρέων βαδίζων, μεθύων, ἰάχων, ἐστεφανωμένος, σφαλλόμενος, ὠθεῖ τὴν τιτθὴν σὺν τῷ βρέφει, καί τι καὶ εἰς τὸ παιδίον ἀπέρριψεν βλάσφημον ἔπος· ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἄλλο μὲν οὐδὲν ἔχαλέπηνεν τῷ 5 Ἀνακρέοντι, ἐπεύξατο δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν τοῦτον ὑβριστὴν ἄνθρωπον τοσαῦτα καὶ ἔτι πλείω ἐπαινέσαι ποτὲ τὸ παιδίον, ὅσα νῦν ἐπηράσατο. Τελεῖ ταῦτα ὁ θεός· τὸ γὰρ παιδίον ἐκεῖνο δὴ αὐξηθὲν γίγνεται Κλεόβουλος ὁ ὡραιότατος, καὶ ἀντὶ μικρᾶς ἀρᾶς ἔδωκεν ὁ Ἀνακρέων Κλεοβούλῳ δίκην δι᾿ ἐπαίνων πολλῶν.

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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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