# Dialexeis 7.Subsection a-10-Subsection b

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 7.Subsection a to 7.Subsection b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/7.Subsection%20a-10

Πρὸς ταῦτα ἀπιδὼν ὁ φιλόσοφος, μὴ τὸν Δία μιμείσθω, μὴ τὸν Ἡρακλέα, μὴ τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς βασιλεῖς, μὴ τούς ἄρχοντας, ἀλλὰ βιούτω βίον ἀνδρὸς ἐν ἐρημίᾳ γεννηθέντος, μονωτὴν βίον, οὐκ ἀγελαστικόν· Κυκλώπιον βίον, οὐκ ἀνθρώπινον. Ἀλλὰ καὶ τούτοις ἔφερεν μὲν ἡ γῆ πυροὺς καὶ κριθάς, οὔτε φυτεύουσι χερσὶ φυτόν, οὔτʼ ἀρόωσιν· ἀλλὰ θεμιστεύει ἕκαστος ὁμῶς καὶ παίδων καὶ γυναικῶν, καὶ οὐ παντάπασιν ἀπράγμων ἦν. Τὸ δὲ ὅλον,

---

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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0563.tlg001.local001/.