Quaestiones romanae 26

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Literature: prose
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Quaestiones romanae 26
Quotation
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.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
A corpse (generic) but also the bodies of mourners
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Medium/a Ornamenting
White cloths/ mantles/ cloaks
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Women mourners
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A01854
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