# Dialexeis Subsection b

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΚΔ΄ XXIV (Duebn. XXX vulg. 14), Subsection v. Ancient Greek.

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

πανηγύρει φοβερώτατος, ὁ δὲ εἰρηναιότατος; Δοκοῦσι δέ μοι μηδὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν συστήσασθαι ἑορτὰς καὶ τελετὰς θεῶν ἄλλοί τινες, ἢ γεωργοί· πρῶτοι μὲν ἐπὶ ληνῷ στησάμενοι Διονύσου χορούς, πρῶτοι δὲ ἐπὶ ἅλῳ Δημητρὶ ὄργια, πρῶτοι δὲ τὴν ἐλαίας γένεσιν τῇ Ἀθηνᾶ ἐπιφημίσαντες, πρῶτοι δὲ τῶν ἐκ γῆς καρπῶν τοῖς δεδωκόσιν θεοῖς ἀπαρξάμενοι· οἷς εἰκὸς χαίρειν τούς θεοὺς μᾶλλον, ἢ Παυσανίᾳ τὴν δεκάτην ἀποθύοντι, ἢ Λυσάνδρῳ τὴν δεκάτην ἀνατιθέντι· ἐκ πολέμων αἱ ἀπαρχαί, ἐκ συμφορῶν αἱ εὐσέβειαι.

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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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