# Dialexeis 9.Subsection d-4

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, Κ΄ XX (uebn. XXVI vulg. 10), Section 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/9.Subsection%20d-4

Οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ Πέρσης βασιλεὺςματιστῶν ἀκορεστότατος καὶ ἐπιμανέστατος, ὃς ἄρχων αὐτῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐν τοσαύταις ἡδοναῖς φυρόμενος, ὅσαι πληροῦσιν βασιλέως ἀκολάστου ὀρέξεις, ἐπεβούλευσεν νεκροῦ τάφῳ. Φήμη δὲ αὐτὸν ἐ| πεσπάσατο χρυσοῦ κατορωρυγμένου σύν τῷ νεκρῷ, καὶ ἐτυμβωρύχει ὁ μέγας βασιλεὺς τὴν τιάραν ἔχων, καὶ τὸν μὲν χρυσὸν οὐχ εὗρεν, ἐπίγραμμα δὲ ἔνδοθεν ἐπὶ τῷ τάφῳ, ὃ νεκρὸς λέγει· ‘ὦ πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἀπληστότατε· ὃς ἔτλης ἐν νεκροῦ νεκροῦ θίγειν δι᾿ ἔρωτα χρυσοῦ’.

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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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