# Dialexeis 6.Subsection c-6

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Μ΄ XL (Duebn XL vulg. 24), Section 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/6.Subsection%20c-6

λέγω δὲ κατὰ τὰς ἀρετάς, καὶ τὰ γένη προστιμῶ (οὐ γὰρ ὁ μὲν πωλοδάμνης εὐγενείας ἱππικῆς ἐρᾷ, ἧς Τρωΐ περ εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς δῶχʼ υἷος ποινὴν Γανυμήδεος, οὕνεκ’ ἄρισται ἵπποι ἔσαν, ὁ δὲ θηρευτὴς εὐγενείας σκυλάκων ἐρᾷ· φιλάνθρωπος δὲ καὶ φιλοθρέμμων τοῦ ζῴου τούτου, οὐκ ἐξετάσει τὰ γένη)· λέγων οὐκ Ἀρτοξέρξην τὸν Ξέρξου (δειλόν μοι γένος λέγεις), οὐδὲ Ἱππίαν τὸν Πεισιστράτου (πονηρόν μοι γένος λέγεις), οὐδὲ Κροῖσον τὸν Ἀλυάττου (ἀσθενὲς λέγεις)·

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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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