# Dialexeis 4.Subsection a-8-Subsection g

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 4.Subsection a to 4.Subsection g. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/4.Subsection%20a-8

Εἶεν. Ὁ ἔρως ἡμῖν κάλλους ἦν ἔρως· ὁ δὲ ἐρῶν ἄλλου του, καὶ μὴ κάλλους, ἡδονῆς ἐρᾷ. Ἀφαιρῶμεν δέ, εἰ βούλει, τοὔνομα, καὶ ἐπιθυμεῖν λέγωμεν τοῦτον, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ ἐρᾶν, ἵνα μὴ τῇ περὶ τὴν φωνὴν παρανομίᾳ πρᾶγμα ὑπαλλάξαντες λάθωμεν, ἀλλ᾿ οὐ τοὔνομα μόνον. Ἔστω τοίνυν ἔρως μὲν κάλλους, ἐπιθυμία δὲ ἡ |δονῆς. τοίνυν κάλλους ἐρῶν ἆρα οὐκ ἐπιθυμεῖ αὐτοῦ; καὶ μάλα. Σχολῇ γὰρ ἂν εἴη τι ἄλλο ὁ ἔρως, εἰ μὴ ὄρεξίς τις. Παραιτοῦμαι δὲ τοὺς σοφοὺς τῆς || τῶν ὀνομάτων θήρας, εἰ τὸ αὐτὸ νῦν μὲν ὄρεξιν, νῦν δὲ ἐπιθυμίαν καλῶ· ἐγὼ γάρ τοι τά τε ἄλλα, καὶ ἐν τῇ τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐλευθερίᾳ πείθομαι Πλάτωνι. Ἔστω δέ, εἰ βούλονται, ὄρεξις, καὶ μὴ ἐπιθυμία ὁ ἔρως. Διῃρήσθωο δὲ τῇδε· ἐὰν μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ καλὸν φαινόμενον ἡ ψυχὴ ἄξῃ, ἔρως καλείσθω τοῦτο, οὐκ ἐπιθυμία· ἐὰν δὲ μή, ἐπιθυμία καλείσθω τοῦτο, οὐκ ἔρως. Τί οὖν, εἰ ἀκόλαστος ὁ σοφιστὴς, τῇ τοῦ φαινομένου προσθήκῃ χρώμενος, τὸ ἡδύ τοῦτο φῇ φαντάζεσθαι αὐτῷ καλὸν

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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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