# Dialexeis 3.Subsection b-7

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΗ΄ XVIII (Duebn. XXIV vulg. 8), Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/3.Subsection%20b-7

καὶ οἱ περὶ τοῦ ἀδίκου ἔρωτος λόγοι; Ὅτι πρᾶγμα διττόν, τὸ μὲν ἀρετῆς ἐπήβολον, τὸ δὲ μοχθηρίᾳ συμπεφυκός, φωνῇ μιᾷ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐπονομάζοντες ἔρωτα, οὑτωσὶ καλοῦντες ║καὶ τὸν θεὸν καὶ τὴν νόσον, | καλλωπίζονται μὲν οἱ μοχθηροὶ ἐρασταὶ διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ὁμωνυμίαν, ἀπιστοῦνται δὲ οἱ χρηστοὶ διὰ τὸ ἀμφίβολον τοῦ πάθους, ἀλλ᾿ ὥσπερ τοὺς ἀργυρογνώμονας ἐξετάζειν ἔδει, ὁπότερος αὐτῶν γνωριστικὸς τοῦ δοκίμου καὶ μή.

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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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