Orationes 31.147
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1st century CE See all items with this value
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BIthynia: Prusa See all items with this value
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Dio Chrysostom See all items with this value
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Orationes 31.147
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λήθει τῶν ἀνδριάντων, εἰκότως: οὐ γὰρ μόνον κόσμον φέρει τὸ τοιοῦτον, ὥσπερ ἄλλο τι τῶν ἀναθημάτων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν τῆς πόλεως οὐχ ἥκιστα ἐπιδείκνυσι καὶ τὸ ἦθος. οὔτε γὰρ εὖ πάσχουσιν ὑπὸ πολλῶν οἱ τυχόντες οὔτε θέλουσιν οὔτε ἴσως δύνανται πολλοὺς τιμᾶν. τι δὲ κἀκεῖνό ἐστιν· οὐ γὰρ μόνον διὰ τὸ πλείστους εἶναι παρ᾿ ὑμῖν ἀνδριάντας τοῦτο συμβέβηκεν, ἀλλ᾿, οἶμαι, καὶ διὰ τὸ Ῥωμαίους πολλάκις πανταχόθεν εἰληφότας κατασκευὴν ἱερῶν καὶ βασιλείων μηδέποτε κινῆσαι τῶν παρ᾿ ὑμῖν μηδέν
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A01316
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