# Dialexeis 8.Subsection a-5

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΚΑ΄ XXI (Duebn. XXVII vulg. 11), Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/8.Subsection%20a-5

Καθάπερ τῶν ποταμῶν οἱ γενναιότατοι ἐξιόντες ἐπὶ τὴν θάλατταν κατὰ μὲν τὴν πρώτην ἐκβολὴν σώζουσιν τὸ ῥεῦμα ἀμιγὲς ἄλλῃ φύσει πικροτέρᾳ, καὶ τοῖς ναύταις θαλαττίοις προσπλεύσασιν ἀκραιφνὲς ποτόν· προελθόντες δὲ οἱ ποταμοὶ πόρρω καὶ εἰσπεσόντες εἰς πέλαγος πλατύ, καὶ παραδόντες τὸ ῥεῦμα ἀνέμοις καὶ κύμασιν καὶ ζάλῃ καὶ κλύδωνι, ἠφάνισαν δι᾿ ἐπιμιξίαν τὴν ἀρχαίαν φύσιν·

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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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