On the Natural Faculties 2.3

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Reference
On the Natural Faculties 2.3
Quotation
Πραξιτέλης μὲν γὰρ ἢ Φειδίας ἤ τις ἄλλος ἀγαλματοποιὸς ἔξωθεν μόνον ἐκόσμουν τὰς ὕλας, καθὰ καὶ ψαύειν αὐτῶν ἠδύναντο, τὸ βάθος δ᾽ ἀκόσμητον καὶ ἀργὸν καὶ ἄτεχνον καὶ ἀπρονόητον ἀπέλιπον, ὡς ἂν μὴ δυνάμενοι κατελθεῖν εἰς αὐτὸ καὶ καταδῦναι καὶ θιγεῖν ἁπάντων τῆς ὕλης τῶν μερῶν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Object/ Person Ornamented
Marble, stone
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
Sculpting
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Praxiteles, Phidias, and other sculptors
Item Identifier
A01069
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Derived directly from text