Life of Pericles 12.1

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Literature: prose
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Life of Pericles 12.1
Quotation
ὃ δὲ πλείστην μὲν ἡδονὴν ταῖς Ἀθήναις καὶ κόσμον ἤνεγκε, μεγίστην δὲ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔκπληξιν ἀνθρώποις, μόνον δὲ τῇ Ἑλλάδι μαρτυρεῖ μὴ ψεύδεσθαι τὴν λεγομένην δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἐκείνην καὶ τὸν παλαιὸν ὄλβον, ἡ τῶν ἀναθημάτων κατασκευή, τοῦτο μάλιστα τῶν πολιτευμάτων τοῦ Περικλέους ἐβάσκαινον οἱ ἐχθροὶ καὶ διέβαλλον ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Athens
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Medium/a Ornamenting
Temples and other sacred buildings
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Pericles
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A01083
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