# Dialexeis 3.Subsection d-2

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Β΄ II (Duebn. VIII vulg. 38 Β 5 Κ 2), Section 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/3.Subsection%20d-2

φοβερὸν μὲν δειλοῖς, ἥμερον δὲ ἀγαθοῖς, βαδιστικὸν μὲν τῇ φύσει, πτηνὸν δὲ τῷ λόγῳ, νηκτὸν δὲ τέχνῃ, σιτοφάγον καὶ γεωπόνον καὶ καρποφάγον καὶ εὔχρουν καὶ εὐσταλὲς καὶ εὐωπὸν καὶ εὐγένειον, διὰ τοιούτου σώματος τύπων τοὺς θεοὺς τιμᾶν ἐνόμισαν οἱ Ἕλληνες.

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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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