# Dialexeis 5.Subsection e-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%20e-2

Ἡ δὲ δειλὴ ψυχὴ κατορωρυγμένη ἐν σώματι, ὡς ἑρπετὸν | νωθὲς εἰς φωλεόν, φιλεῖ τὸν φωλεόν, καὶ οὐδεπώποτε θέλει ἀπαλλαγῆναι αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ἐξερπύσαι, ἀλλὰ καιομένῳ συγκάεται, καὶ σπαραττομένῳ συσπαράττεται, καὶ ἀλγοῦντι τῷ σώματι συναλγεῖ, καὶ βοῶντι συμβοᾷ. Ὦ ποῦς, ἀφήσω σε; ὁ Φιλοκτήτης λέγει. Ἄνθρωπε, ἄφες, καὶ μὴ βόα, μηδὲ λοιδοροῦ τοῖς φιλτάτοις, μηδὲ ἐνόχλει τὴν Λημνίων γῆν. Ὦ θάνατε παιάν· εἰ μὲν ταῦτα λέγεις ἀλλαττόμενος κακὸν κακοῦ, οὐκ ἀποδέχομαι τῆς εὐχῆς·

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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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