Oration 1.66

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
155
Location of Display
Author
Reference
Oration 1.66
Quotation
ὥστ’ ἐμοὶ μὲν γέλως ἐπέρχεται ἀκούοντι τῶν νῦν πόλεων τοῖς σφετέροις κόσμοις φιλοτιμουμένων καὶ φρονουσῶν ὡς ἐπὶ λαμπροῖς, ὅταν εὑρίσκω θεωρῶν ὑπὸ τῆς ὑμετέρας πόλεως γῆν καὶ θάλατταν κεκοσμημένην ἄνευ τῶν ἄλλων πολλῶν καὶ πολλῷ μειζόνων.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Various cities
The land and the sea around Athens/ Attica
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Location: City
Architecture: Building
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Medium/a Ornamenting
Various cities: buildings and temples
Land and sea: unspecified, maybe the city itself?
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Citizens of other cities
Athenian citizens
Item Identifier
A01363
Determination
Derived directly from text