Orationes 13.34-35

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Literature: prose
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Orationes 13.34-35
Quotation
ὡς τό γε νῦν τὸ μέγεθος αὐτῆς ὕποπτον καὶ οὐ πάνυ ἀσφαλές. ὅσῳ γὰρ ἄν, ἔφην, πλείων ἥ τε ἀνδρεία καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἡ σωφροσύνη γίγνηται παρ᾿ ὑμῖν, τοσούτῳ ἔλαττον ἔσται τό τε ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ ἐλεφάντινα σκεύη καὶ τὰ ἠλέκτρινα καὶ κρύσταλλος καὶ θύον καὶ ἔβενος καὶ ὁ τῶν γυναικῶν κόσμος καὶ τὰ ποικίλματα καὶ αἱ βαφαί, καὶ ξύμπαντα ἁπλῶς τὰ νῦν ἐν τῇ πόλει τίμια καὶ περιμάχητα, ἐλαττόνων αὐτῶν δεήσεσθε· ὅταν δὲ ἐληλυθότες ἦτε ἐπ᾿ ἄκρον ἀρετῆς, οὐδενός
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Women
Rome
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Embroidery
Visual Work: Textile
Visual Work: Dye
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals" Gold
Visual Work: Material: Ivory
Visual Work: Material: Amber
Visual Work: Material : Crystal
Visual Work: Material: Wood
Visual Work: Material: Ebony
Medium/a Ornamenting
Jewellery is implied. The same discussion references silver, gold, ivory, amber, crystal, citron-wood, ebony, embroideries, dyed cloths as ornaments of the city
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