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2nd century CE See all items with this value

155

Aeilius Aristides See all items with this value

Oration 1.31-32

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ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἀνῆκεν ἡ χώρα τοὺς ἄνδρας, ἐκόσμει καὶ κατεσκεύαζε τὸν βίον αὐτοῖς, ἃ μητρὸς ἦν ἔργα ποιοῦσα, καὶ οὐ περιεῖδεν ὥσπερ ἀλλοτρίας τῆς τροφοῦ δεηθέντας, ἀλλ’ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν κόλπων ἐδωρεῖτο τὰ δεύτερα. καὶ γίγνεται δὴ πανήγυρις ὡς ἀληθῶς ἱερὰ καὶ ὑπὲρ γῆς πάσης τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐνταυθοῖ, καὶ ὥσπερ ἐν θεωρίᾳ πάντα εἰς ἅμιλλαν κατέστη. ἔρρωτο μὲν ἡ γῆ πρὸς ἁπάσας γονάς, θεοὶ δὲ συμφέροντες παρεῖχον οἱ μὲν φυτά, οἱ δὲ σπέρματα, οἱ δὲ βοσκήματα, ὧν ἔμελλεν ἡ φορὰ τὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου σῶμα κοσμήσειν οὐχ ἧττον ἢ τὸ οἰκεῖον καὶ παρέξειν τὴν σκέπην κοινὴν τοῖς μὲν τὴν ἐπέτειον καὶ πρώτην ἀεί, τοῖς δὲ εἰς ὅσον ἐξικνεῖτο· τέχνας δὲ ἐπὶ τούτοις ἔφαινον τὰς μὲν πυρὶ συγκεραννύντες, τὰς δὲ καὶ πυρὸς χωρίς.

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Humans, their bodies and livelihoods... but also the planet

Fruits, plants, seeds, animals

The "land"

mother earth

the animals created

A01361

Derived directly from text

2nd century CE

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