Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem

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Literature: prose
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Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem
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μυρία γάρ ἐστι τὰ ἀντιμαρτυροῦντα τῷ σχήματι, βάδισμα καὶ βλέμμα καὶ φωνὴ καὶ τράχηλος ἐπικεκλασμένος καὶ ψιμύθιον καὶ μαστίχη καὶ φῦκος, οἷς ὑμεῖς κοσμεῖσθε, καὶ ὅλως κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν, θᾶττον ἂν πέντε ἐλέφαντας ὑπὸ μάλης κρύψειας ἢ ἕνα κίναιδον.
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Type of Thing Ornamented
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Book collector, Bassus, Battalus, and Hemitheon
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Cosmetics
Visual Work: Clothing
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Makeup (white lead, mastich, rouge), and costume (robes)
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A01252
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