# Dialexeis 4.Subsection b-5-Subsection c

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 4.Subsection b to 4.Subsection c. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/4.Subsection%20b-5

μὲν θεατὴς ὁδοιπόρος, ὁ δὲ γεωργός, ὑγιής· ὁ μὲν ἄνθος ἐπαινεῖ φυτῷ, ὁ δὲ μέγεθος, ἢ σκιάν, ὁ δὲ χρόαν· τῷ δὲ γεωργῷ ὁ καρπὸς τὸν ἔπαινον μετὰ τῆς χρείας ἔχει. Εἰ μὲν δή τις καθʼ ὁδοιπόρον πλησιάζει τῷ λόγῳ, οὐ νεμεσῶ τῆς ἡδονῆς παρατρέχοντι ἐπαινεῖν· εἰ δὲ κατὰ || τοὺς γεωργοὺς τάττεται, οὐκ ἀνέχομαι τῶν ἐπαίνων, πρὶν ἄν μοι καὶ τὴν χρείαν τῶν ἐπαινουμένων φράσῃ.

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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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