# Dialexeis 3.Subsection b-9

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 〈ΛΑ΄〉 XXXI (Duebn. lI vulg. 32 B 30 β΄), Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/3.Subsection%20b-9

τῆς δοκιμασίας οὗτος τρόπος; Φέρε, εἴ τις ἐπεχείρει τὸν βοῦν ὑπολύσας τῶν ἀρότρων, καὶ τὸν ἵππον τῶν ἁρμάτων, || ὑπαλλάξας ἑκατέρου τὴν ἐργασίαν, ὑπαγαγεῖν τὸν μὲν βοῦν τῷ ἅρματι, τὸν δὲ ἵππον τῷ ἀρότρῳ, ἆῤ οὐκ ἂν ἦν πρὸς μὲν τὴν φύσιν παράνομος, πρὸς δὲ τὰ ζῷα αὐτὰ ὑβριστής, πρὸς δὲ τὰς τέχνας ἀμαθής, πρὸς δὲ τὴν χρείαν ἀκερδής, πρὸς δὲ

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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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