# Dialexeis 3.Subsection a-4

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Ε΄ V (Duebn. XI vulg. 30 B 8 K 5), Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/3.Subsection%20a-4

Τί ταῦτα, ὦ ποιητῶν ἄριστε; λίχνον καὶ δωροδόκον τὸ θεῖον, καὶ μηδὲν διαφέρον τῶν πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων; καί σου τὸ ἔπος τοῦτο ἀποδεξόμεθα, στρεπτοὶ δέ τε καὶ θεοὶ αὐτοί; ἢ τουναντίον, ἄστρεπτον τὸ θεῖον καὶ ἀτενὲς καὶ ἀπαραίτητον; μετατίθεσθαι γὰρ καὶ μεταγινώσκειν προσήκει μὴ ὅτι θεῷ, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ ἀνδρὶ ἀγαθῷ· ὁ γὰρ στρεπτὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ μετανοητικός, | εἰ μὲν εἰς τὸ βέλτιον ἐκ τοῦ φαυλοτέρου μετατίθεται, πονήρως ἐβουλεύσατο· εἰ δὲ εἰς τὸ χεῖρον ἐκ τοῦ βελτίστου, πονηρῶς μετέθετο· τὸ δὲ θεῖον ἔξω πονηρίας.

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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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