# Dialexeis 5.Subsection a-13

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, κς΄ XXVI (Duebn XXXII vulg. 16), Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/5.Subsection%20a-13

Συνελόντι δʼ εἰπεῖν, ἡ Ὁμήρου ποίησις τοιάδε τίς ἐστιν, οἷον εἰ καὶ ζωγράφον ἐννοήσαις φιλόσοφον Πολύγνωτον ἢ Ζεῦξιν, μὴ γράφοντα εἰκῇ· καὶ γὰρ τούτων ἔσται τὸ χρῆμα διπλοῦν, τὸ μὲν ἐκ τῆς τέχνης, τὸ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἀρετῆς· κατὰ μὲν τὴν τέχνην, τὰ σχήματα καὶ τὰ σώματα εἰς ὁμοιότητα τοῦ ἀληθοῦς διασώζοντι· κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἀρετήν, εἰς μίμησιν τοῦ κάλλους τὴν εὐσχημοσύνην τῶν γραμμάτων διατιθέντι.

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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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