# Dialexeis 5.Subsection i

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Ι΄ (Duebn XVI vulg 28 B 13 K 10), Section 5. Ancient Greek.

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

ἄν χρήσαιτο τῷ εὑρεθέντι, μὴ γνωρίσας τὴν χρείαν αὐτοῦ; κἂν γὰρ ἠπειρώτης ἀνὴρ καθʼ Ὅμηρον οἴακι ἐντύχῃ, (λ 128) φήσει ἀθηρηλοιγὸν ἔχειν ἀνὰ φαιδίμῳ ὤμῳ· ὅ, τε μαθών, ἄλλοθεν μαθών, παρὰ μὲν τοῦ οὐκ εἰδότος οὐκ ἂν μάθοι, παρὰ δὲ τοῦ εἰδότος κἂν μάθοι, ἐρεῖ μοι τὸν διδάξαντα, πῶς καὶ οὗτος ἔγνω. Οὐκοῦν καὶ οὗτος ἢ εὗρεν ἢ ἔμαθεν; καὶ εἰ μὲν εὗρεν, τὰ αὐτὰ ἐρήσομαι, πῶς ἐχρήσατο τῷ εὑρεθέντι, μὴ γνωρίσας; εἰ δὲ ἔμαθεν παῤ ἄλλου, πάλιν ἡδὺ ἐκεῖνον διέρεσθαι.

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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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