# Dialexeis 3.Subsection g-2

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΚΑ΄ XXI (Duebn. XXVII vulg. 11), Section 3. Ancient Greek.

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

εἰ δέ μοι, νὴ Δία, τὴν Αἰγυπτίων γῆν λέγοις τὴν τὰς πυραμίδας ἔχουσαν τὰς μεγάλας, καὶ τὸν πολύν ποταμόν, οὐδὲ ταύτην λέγεις ἔχουσαν τὸ καλόν, οὐδὲ Βαβυλῶνα αὐτὴν τὴν εὐτειχοτάτην, οὐδὲ Μηδίαν τὴν εὐιπποτάτην, οὐδὲ τὴν Φρυγῶν γῆν τὴν εὐβοτωτάτην, οὐδὲ Σάρδεις τὰς εὐχρυσοτάτας. Ἕκαστον γὰρ τούτων τοσούτου δεῖ εἶναι καλόν, ὅσουπερ καὶ ἡδύ· μᾶλλον μὲν ἡδύ τῷ δυναμένῳ πορίσασθαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἡδονήν, ἢ καλὸν τῷ μὴ δυναμένῳ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὄνασθαι·

---

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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0563.tlg001.local001/.