# Dialexeis 2.Subsection a-6-Subsection b

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 2.Subsection a to 2.Subsection b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/2.Subsection%20a-6

Τί δήποτʼ οὖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐπὶ τὰ μαντεῖα παραγίγνονται, ἀμελήσαντες τῆς παρὰ τοῦ ὁμοίου συμβουλῆς; ἢ διότι γνώμη μὲν ἀνθρώπου ἐπισφαλὲς καὶ ἄπιστον καὶ ἐπίφθονον καὶ κίβδηλον καὶ οὐκ ἀεὶ ὅμοιον, καὶ οὐκ ἐν παντὶ εὔστοχον· ὸ δὲ θεῖον κατὰ μὲν τὴν ὑπεροχὴν πιστόν· κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἀλήθειαν δόκιμον, κατὰ δὲ τὴν πεῖραν εὔστοχον, κατὰ δὲ τὴν τιμὴν ἀνεπίφθονον;

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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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