# Dialexeis 3.Subsection c-8

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%20c-8

μὲν πρὸ τοῦ δοκίμου τὸ φαινόμενον ἀσπαζόμενον πόρρω πάνυ τίθεμεν τῆς τέχνης, τὸν δὲ τἀληθῆ αὐτὰ γνωρίζοντα, τοῦτον καὶ συνιέναι αὐτῆς· ταύτῃ καὶ τὴν ἐρωτικὴν προσθῶμεν φέροντες, ὥσπέρ τινι νομίσματι, τῇ τοῦ καλοῦ φύσει. Ἐὰν γὰρ τούτου τὸ μὲν ᾖ φαινόμενον καλόν, οὐχ οὕτως ἔχον, τὸ δὲ καλὸν καὶ ὂν καὶ φαινόμενον, ἀνάγκη τοὺς μὲν τοῦ φαινομένου κάλλους καὶ μὴ ὄντος γλιχομένους νόθους τινὰς εἶναι καὶ κιβδήλους ἐραστάς, τοὺς δὲ τοῦ καὶ ὄντος καὶ φαινομένου γνησίους ἐραστὰς κάλλους ἀληθινοῦ.

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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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