# Dialexeis 2.Subsection a

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Α΄ I (Duebn. VII volg. 37 B 4 Κ 1), Section 2. Ancient Greek.

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

Ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ ᾠδῆς μὲν καὶ τῆς ἐκ μελῶν ψυχαγωγίας ὀλίγη τοῖς ἀνθρώποις χρεία· δεῖ δέ τινος ἄλλης μούσης ἀνδρικωτέρας, ἣν Ὅμηρος μὲν Καλλιόπην ὀνομάζων χαίρει, ὁ Πυθαγόρας δὲ φιλοσοφίαν, ἄλλος δὲ ἴσως ἄλλο τι· τὸν τῇ μούσῃ ταύτῃ κάτοχον ἄνδρα καὶ λόγον ἄρα ἧττον ἐκείνων τῶν ᾠδικῶν ἡρμόσθαι δεῖ πολυφώνως τὲ | καὶ πολυτρόπως, σώζοντα μὲν ἀεὶ τὸ τῶν ποιημιάτων κάλλος, μηδέποτε δὲ ὑπʼ ἀφωνίας ἐκπληττόμενον.

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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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