De Lysia 29

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Reference
De Lysia 29
Quotation
ἔστι δή τις αὐτῷ πανηγυρικὸς λόγος, ἐν ᾧ πείθει τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀγομένης Ὀλυμπίασι τῆς πανηγύρεως ἐκβάλλειν Διονύσιον τὸν τύραννον ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ Σικελίαν ἐλευθερῶσαι ἄρξασθαί τε τῆς ἔχθρας αὐτίκα μάλα, διαρπάσαντας τὴν τοῦ τυράννου σκηνὴν χρυσῷ τε καὶ πορφύρᾳ καὶ ἄλλῳ πλούτῳ πολλῷ κεκοσμημένην.
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Military: Shelter
Object/ Person Ornamented
Tent
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Textile
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Dye
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Furniture
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold, purple finery, other riches (carpet? embroidery? furniture?)
Notes
quoting Lysias
Item Identifier
A01358
Determination
Derived directly from text