Quaestiones romanae 26
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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2nd century CE See all items with this value
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Chaeronea See all items with this value
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Quaestiones romanae 26
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ἤ, καθάπερ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ τεθνηκότος ἀμφιεννύουσι λευκοῖς, καὶ τοὺς προσήκοντας ἀξιοῦσι; τὸ δὲ σῶμα κοσμοῦσιν οὕτως, ἐπεὶ μὴ δύνανται τὴν ψυχήν: βούλονται δ᾽ ἐκείνην λαμπρὰν καὶ καθαρὰν προπέμπειν, ὡς ἀφειμένην ἤδη καὶ διηγωνισμένην μέγαν ἀγῶνα καὶ ποικίλον.
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Verb (active) See all items with this value
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Funerary See all items with this value
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A corpse (generic) but also the bodies of mourners
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White cloths/ mantles/ cloaks
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Women mourners
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A01854
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