# Dialexeis 3.Subsection a-2-Subsection b

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 3.Subsection a to 3.Subsection b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/3.Subsection%20a-2

Ἀγαλμάτων δὲ οὐχ εἶς νόμος, οὐδὲ εἶς τρόπος, οὐδὲ τέχνη μία, οὐδὲ ὕλη μία· ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν Ἑλληνικόν, τιμᾶν τούς θεοὺς ἐνόμισαν τῶν ἐν γῇ τοῖς καλλίστοις, ὕλῃ μὲν καθαρᾷ, μορφῇ δὲ ἀνθρωπίνῃ, τέχνῃ δὲ ἀκριβεῖ. Καὶ οὐκ ἄλογος ἡ ἀξίωσις τῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα εἰς ἀνθρωπίνην ὁμοιότητα καταστησαμένων·

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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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