Quaestiones convivales 3.1

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Quaestiones convivales 3.1
Quotation
καὶ οὐ μόνης ὡς ἔοικε κατ᾽ Ἐμπεδοκλέα ‘τῆς δάφνης τῶν φύλλων ἀπὸ πάμπαν ἔχεσθαι χρή,’ ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων φείδεσθαι δένδρων ἁπάντων καὶ μὴ κοσμεῖν ἑαυτοὺς ταῖς ἐκείνων ἀκοσμίαις, βίᾳ καὶ παρὰ φύσιν τὰ φύλλα συλῶντας; αὐτῶν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Humans
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Leaves and branches of plants
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Humans themselves
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A01875
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