# Dialexeis 8.Subsection b-3

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%20b-3

οὕτω καὶ τὸ κάλλος τὸ ἄρρητον καὶ ἀθάνατον ἔρχεται μὲν πρῶτον δι᾿ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ σωμάτων, καὶ εἰσπεσὸν ἐκεῖ, ἀκραιφνὲς μένει καὶ ἀμιγὲς καὶ ὁλόκληρον· ἐπειδὰν δὲ ὑπερκύψῃ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τὸν δεῦρο τόπον, ἀμβλύνεται καὶ ἀμαυροῦται· καὶ μόλις ἂν αὐτοῦ γνωρίσαι τὴν ἐπιρροὴν πλὴν ναύτης θαλάττιος, συνήθης τῷ ποταμῷ, διὰ μνήμης ἔχων τὴν ἐκείνου φύσιν, ὁρῶν αὐτὴν ἀμυδρὰν ἐν γῇ πλανωμένην καὶ ἀνακεκραμένην ἀλλοτρίᾳ φύσει·

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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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