# Dialexeis 4.Subsection h

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΚΑ΄ XXI (Duebn. XXVII vulg. 11), Section 4. Ancient Greek.

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

ἐρᾶν; Καὶ τούτῳ συγχωρήσομεν; Καὶ πάλιν αὖ, εἴ τις ἀποβλέψας εἰς τοὺς τῷ ὄντι ἐραστὰς τοὺς πρὸς τὸ καλὸν ὡρμημένους, καὶ θεασάμενος τὸ ἐν τῇ ὀρέξει τοῦ κάλλους ἡδύ, διὰ τὴν ἐπιμιξίαν τῆς ἡδονῆς ἐπιθυμεῖν καὶ τούτους φῇ, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ ἐρᾶν· πῇ ἂν ταῦτα ἡμῖν διακριθείη; Εἰ γὰρ τά τε ἡδέα φαντάζεται καλά, τά τε καλὰ ἀνακέκραται ἡδοναῖς, κίνδυνος οὕτω καὶ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τῷ ἔρωτι ἐπιμιχθῆναι.

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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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