# Dialexeis 3.Subsection c-11

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΛΕ΄ XXXV (Duebn. VI vulg. 36 B 3), Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/3.Subsection%20c-11

Τὸ δὲ τούτων αἴτιον ἀπιστία φιλίας, καὶ πλεονεξίας ἔρως, καὶ ἀπορίας δέος, καὶ μοχθηρίας ἔθος, καὶ ἡδονῆς πόθος· ὑφʼ ὧν τὸ φιλεῖν ἐλαυνόμενον, καὶ κατορυττόμενον, καὶ βαπτιζόμενον, μόγις που σώζει ἀμαυρὰ ἴχνη καὶ ἀσθενῆ· καὶ τὸ κοινότατον καὶ ἀταμίευτον καὶ ἀφοθονώτατον, διὰ τὴν τῶν χρωμένων σπάνιν, εἴ που καὶ γένeιτο τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἢ τῆς βαρβάρου γῆς, ᾄδεται τοῦτο, καὶ μύθου σχῆμα ἔχει, καὶ ἀπιστεῖται αὐτοῦ ἡ ἀκρίβεια. Καὶ μάλα εἰκότως.

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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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