# Dialexeis 3.Subsection a-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

Εἰ δὲ διὰ βίου τάξις μία καὶ εἶδος ἕν, ἑνὸς ἔδει λόγου καὶ ἤθους ἑνός· νῦν δὲ ἀοιδοῦ μὲν πρὸς κιθάραν μινυρίζοντος καιρὸς εἷς, ἐπειδὰν πλήθωσιν αἱ τράπεζαι σίτου καὶ κρειῶν, μέθυ δʼ ἐκ κρητῆρος ἀφύσσων οἰνοχόος προχέῃσιν· καὶ ῥήτορος καιρὸς εἷς, ἐπειδὰν ἀθροισθῇ τὰ δικαστήρια· καὶ ποιητοῦ καιρὸς ἐν Διονυσίοις, ἐπειδὰν χοροῦ δέῃ· τῷ δὲ φιλοσόφῳ λόγῳ οὐδεὶς ἀποτέτμηται καιρὸς ἴδιος, ἀλλὰ συμπέφυκεν ἀτεχνῶς τῷ βίῳ καὶ ἀνακέκραται, καθάπερ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τὸ φῶς· τίς γὰρ ἂν

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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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