# Dialexeis 5.Subsection a-8

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΙΕ´ XV (Duebn XXI vulg. 5 B 18), Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/5.Subsection%20a-8

Εἰ δὲ θελήσαι λογοποιὸς Φρὺξ μῦθον πλάττειν, ἄρα δυσχεράνας ὁ ποῦς τῷ ἄλλῳ σώματι καὶ ἀπὅτι αγορεύσας πρὸς τὸν κάματον, φέρων καὶ αἰωρῶν μετἐωρον τοσοῦτον ἄχθος, σχολὴν ἄγειν καὶ ἡσυχίαν ἐπανείλετο· ἢ αὗ τῷ γομφίῳ, ὡς ἀλοῦντι καὶ ἐργαζο- μένῳ τροφὴν τοσούτῳ ὄχλῳ ἀργῶν· κᾆτα ἔροιντο, ἀπειπαμένων τὸ ἔργον τὸ αὐτῶν σκοπεῖν, εἰ ταῦτα ἄμα γίγνοιτο· ἄλλό τι ἢ φθαρήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐν

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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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