# Dialexeis Subsection c-5

Maximus of Tyre, Dialexeis, ΛΓ΄ XXΣIII (Duebn IV vulg. 34 B 1), Subsection vi. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/maximus-of-tyre/dialexeis/Subsection%20c-5

Τί ἄν οὖν γένοιτο ἀπιστότερον εὐδαιμονίας ἐλεουμένης; Ὧ Ζεῦ καὶ θεοί, πατέρες καὶ ποιηταὶ γῆς καὶ θαλάττης, καὶ ὅσα γῆς καὶ θαλάττης θρέμματα, οἷον τοῦτο ζῷον τῷ δεῦρο τόπῳ καὶ βίῳ ἐγκατεστήσατε; ὡς θρασὺ καὶ ἰταμὸν καὶ λάλον, ἀγαθοῦ ἄπορον, ἔργου ἔρημον, ἡδο νοῖς βοσκόμενον καὶ δημαγωγούμενον; (Ι 40) Aἴθ’ ὄφελεν ἄγονόν τʼ ἔμεναι, ἄγαμόν τʼ ἀπολέσθαι τὸ γένος τοῦτο πᾶν, εἰ μηδὲν ἔξει παρʼ ὑμῶν ἡδονῆς κρεῖττον.

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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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