Orationes 4.114

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Literature: prose
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Orationes 4.114
Quotation
προηγείσθω δὲ καὶ τούτου ἀπάτη, πάνυ ὡραία καὶ πιθανή, κεκοσμημένη κόσμοισπορνικοῖς, μειδιῶσα καὶ ὑπισχνουμένη πλῆθος ἀγαθῶν, ὡς ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν ἄγουσα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, ἕως ἂν εἰς τὸ βάραθρον καταβάλῃ λαθοῦσα, εἰς πολύν τε καὶ ῥυπαρὸν βόρβορον, ἔπειτα ἐάσῃ κυλινδεῖσθαι μετὰ τῶν στεφάνων καὶ τοῦ κροκωτοῦ.
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Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Personification of Delusion
Medium/a Ornamenting
Costume of a courtesan (clothes, jewellery, cosmetics)
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A01311
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