# Dialexeis 9.Subsection c-3-Subsection d

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/9.Subsection%20c-3

ὗται πηγαὶ συμφορῶν ἀνθρωπίνων· ἐντεῦθεν ῥεῖ τὸ τῶν κακῶν πλῆθος, ὡς ἀπὸ τῆς Αἴτνης τὸ πῦρ ῥεῖ, ὡς ἐξ Αἰθιοπίας ὁ λοιμὸς ῥεῖ; καὶ τὸ μὲν πῦρ ἐπὶ γῆν ῥεῖ, καὶ ὁ λοιμὸς μέχρι τῶν Ἀθηνῶν προελθὼν ἔστη· οἱ δὲ ὀχετοὶ τῆς μοχθηρίας πολλοὶ καὶ ἀέναοι, καὶ δεόμενοι μαντείων πολλῶν καὶ χρησμῶν μυρίων. Τίς ἂν οὖν ἀμάρτοι μαντευόμενος τί τέλος μοχθηρίας; τί τέλος ἀπιστίας; τί τέλος ἀκολασίας; Ταῦτα καὶ Σωκράτης προὔλεγεν, οὐχ ὁ Ἀπόλλων μόνον· διὰ τοῦτο ὁ Ἀπόλλων ἐπῄνει Σωκράτην, ὅτι ἦν ὁμότεχνος αὐτῷ.

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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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