# Dialexeis 5.Section e

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΑ΄ XI (Dueba. XVII vulg. 1 B 14 K 11), Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/5.Section%20e

Εἰ δὲ ἐξεγένοντο ἐν τῷ ξύμπαντι αἰῶνι δύο που καὶ τρεῖς, ἄθεον καὶ ταπεινὸν καὶ ἀναισθὲς γένος, καὶ πεπλανημένον μὲν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, ἐξηπατημένον δὲ ταῖς ἀκοαῖς, ἐκτετμημένον δὲ τὴν ψυχήν, ἄλογον καὶ ἄγονον καὶ ἄκαρπον, ὡς ἄθυμος λέων, ὡς βοῦς ἄκερως, ὡς ὄρνις ἄπτερος, καὶ παρὰ τούτου ὅμως τοῦ γένους 〈οὐκ εἰκ〉ῇ πεύσει τὸ θεῖον· ἴσασιν γὰρ οὐχ ἑκόντες, καὶ λέγουσιν ἄκοντες·

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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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