# Dialexeis 3.Subsection b-5

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΓ΄ XIII (Duebn. XIX vulg. 3 B 16), Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/3.Subsection%20b-5

τὸ δὲ θεῖον δοκεῖ σοι γινώσκειν πάντα ἑξῆς, καὶ τὰ καλὰ καὶ τὰ αἰσχρά, καὶ τὰ τίμια καὶ τὰ ἄτιμα; φείδομαι τῶν ῥημάτων, καὶ αἰδώς με τοῦ θεοῦ ἔχει· σεμνὸν γάρ τι τὸ πάντα εἰδέναι, καὶ ἀριθμὸν ψάμμων, καὶ θαλάττης μέτρα, καὶ ξυνιέναι ἀτόπου λέβητος ἑψομένου ἐν Λυδοῖς. Καὶ δηλαδὴ πᾶσι τοῖς δεομένοις θεσπίζει ὁ θεὸς τὸ ἀληθὲς μαθεῖν, καὶ συμφέρει, κἂν μέλλῃ ὁ μαθών, ἄδικος ὤν, πλεονεκτήσειν.

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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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