# Dialexeis 5.Subsection a-2

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Ζ΄ VII (Duebn XIII vulg 41 B 10 K 7), Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/5.Subsection%20a-2

Φαίην δʼ ἂν ἔγωγε, οὐδὲ ἀκούσῃ εἶναι τῇ γενναίᾳ ψυχῇ φθορὰν σώματος· οἷον εἰ καὶ δεσμώτην ἐννοήσαις ὁρῶντα σηπόμενον καὶ διαρρέον τὸ τειχίον τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου, ἀναμένοντα τὴν ἔκδυσιν καὶ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ, ἵνα ἐκ πολλοῦ καὶ ἀφεγγοῦς ζόφου, οὗ τέως κατορώρυκτο, ἀναβλέψῃ πρὸς τὸν αἰθέρα, καὶ ἐμπλησθῇ λαμπροῦ φωτός· ἢ οἴει ἄνδρα ἠσκημένον καλῶς καὶ διαπεπονημένον τῷ σώματι ταραχθῆναι ἂν τῶν χλανιδίων αὐτῷ διαρρηγνυμένων· ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἂν ἀπορρίψαι αὐτὰ ἄσμενον, καὶ παραδοῦναι τὸ σῶμα τῷ ἀέρι, γυμνὸν γυμνῷ, φίλον φίλῳ, ἐλεύθερον

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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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