Septem sapientium convivium 3

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Septem sapientium convivium 3
Quotation
ἐν τοιούτοις λόγοις γενόμενοι κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἀφικόμεθα πρὸς τὴν οἰκίαν, καὶ λούσασθαι μὲν ὁ Θαλῆς οὐκ ἠθέλησεν, ἀληλιμμένοι γὰρ ἦμεν: ἐπιὼν δὲ τούς τε δρόμους ἐθεᾶτο καὶ τὰς παλαίστρας καὶ τὸ ἄλσος τὸ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν ἱκανῶς διακεκοσμημένον, ὑπ᾽ οὐδενὸς ἐκπληττόμενος τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλ᾽ ὅπως μὴ καταφρονεῖν δοκοίη μηδ᾽ ὑπερορᾶν τοῦ Περιάνδρου τῆς φιλοτιμίας.
Part of Speech
Participle (compound) (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
A grove
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Nature
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Architecture: Infrastructure
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggsests: probably trees, shrubs, and greenery, but maybe also visual works (i.e. statue) and water features
Item Identifier
A01840
Determination
Interpreted from context