De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam 51

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Reference
De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam 51
Quotation
ὁ τοίνυν παράσιτος εἰς ἀγορὰν μὲν καὶ δικαστήρια οὐ πάρεισιν, ὅτι, οἶμαι, τοῖς συκοφάνταις πάντα τὰ χωρία ταῦτα μᾶλλον προσήκει καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲν μέτριόν ἐστιν τῶν ἐν τούτοις γιγνομένων, τὰς δὲ παλαίστρας καὶ τὰ γυμνάσια καὶ τὰ συμπόσια διώκει καὶ κοσμεῖ μόνος οὗτος.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
Gymnasia and athletic fields
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: architectural features of the spaces, equipment, statues
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
A parasitic man
Item Identifier
A01253
Determination
Interpreted from context