# Dialexeis 7.Subsection d-2

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Δ΄ IV (Duebn. X vulg. 29 B 7 K 4), Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/7.Subsection%20d-2

Ἀληθῆ λεγέτω, κἂν ποιητὴς λέγῃ, κἂν μῦθον λέγῃ, κἂν ᾄδων λέγῃ, ἕψομαι τοῖς αἰνίγμασιν, καὶ | διερευνήσομαι τὸν μῦθον, καὶ οὐκ ἐκστήσει με ἡ || ᾠδή· ἀληθῆ λεγέτω, κἂν ψιλῶς λέγῃ, δέξομαι καὶ ἀγαπήσω τὴν ῥᾳστώνην τῶν ἀκουσμάτων· ἐὰν δὲ ἀφέλῃς ἑκατέρου τὸ ἀληθές, καὶ τοῦ ποιητοῦ καὶ τοῦ φιλοσόφου, ἄμουσον μὲν τὴν ᾠδὴν ποιεῖς, μῦθον δὲ τὸν λόγον· ἄνευ δὲ τοῦ ἀληθοῦς μήτε μύθῳ ποιητοῦ διαπιστεύσῃς τὸ πάμπαν, μήτε φιλοσόφου λόγῳ.

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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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