# Dialexeis 9.Subsection a-6-Subsection c

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, 9.Subsection a to 9.Subsection c. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/9.Subsection%20a-6

Ἡσιόδῳ δὲ ἀείδουσιν αἱ μοῦσαι τί ἄλλο ἢ γυναικῶν ἔρωτας, καὶ ἀνδρῶν; καὶ ποταμῶν ἔρωτας καὶ βασιλέων καὶ φυτῶν; Τὸν δὲ Ἀρχιλόχου ἔρωτα, ὑβριστὴς γάρ, χαίρειν ἐῶ. Ὁ δὲ τῆς Λεσβίας (εἴτοι χρὴ πρεσβύτερα τοῖς νέοις εἰκάσαι) τί ἂν εἴη ἄλλο, ἢ αὐτό, ἡ Σωκράτους τέχνη ἐρωτική; Δοκοῦσιν γάρ μοι τὴν καθ᾿ αὑτὸν ἑκάτερος φιλίαν, ἡ μὲν γυναικῶν, ὁ δὲ ἀρρένων, ἐπιτηδεῦσαι. Καὶ γὰρ πολλῶν ἐρᾶν ἔλεγον, καὶ ὑπὸ πάντων ἁλίσκεσθαι τῶν καλῶν·

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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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