De Isocrate 3

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Reference
De Isocrate 3
Quotation
καίτοι γε ἀνθηρός ἐστιν, εἰ καί τις ἄλλος, καὶ ἐπαγωγὸς ἡδονῇ τῶν ἀκροωμένων Ἰσοκράτης, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ ἔχει τὴν αὐτὴν χάριν ἐκείνῳ. τοσοῦτον δὲ αὐτοῦ λείπεται κατὰ ταύτην τὴν ἀρετήν, ὅσον τῶν φύσει καλῶν σωμάτων τὰ συνερανιζόμενα κόσμοις ἐπιθέτοις
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
A body of an unspecified person
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Cosmetics
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Artificial cosmetics (makeup, jewellery)
Notes
as opposed to natural beauty
Item Identifier
A01359
Determination
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