Quaestiones convivales 8.4

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Quaestiones convivales 8.4
Quotation
κἀκεῖ πρῶτον ἐπὶ τιμῇ τοῦ θεοῦ δάφνῃ καὶ φοίνικι τοὺς νικῶντας ἐκόσμησαν, ἅτε δὴ καὶ τῷ θεῷ μὴ δάφνας μηδ᾽ ἐλαίας ἀλλὰ φοίνικας ἀνατιθέντες, ὡς ἐν Δήλῳ Νικίας χορηγήσας Ἀθηναίων καὶ ἐν Δελφοῖς Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ Κύψελος πρότερον Κορίνθιος ἐπεὶ καὶ φίλαθλος ἄλλως καὶ φιλόνικος ἡμῖν ὁ θεός, αὐτὸς ἐν κιθαρίσει καὶ ᾠδῇ καὶ βολαῖς δίσκων, ὡς δ᾽ ἔνιοί φασι, καὶ πυγμῇ ἁμιλλώμενος
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Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Victors at the Pythian games
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing: Insignia
Medium/a Ornamenting
Laurel and palms
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Unspecified, possibly the judges
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A01878
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