Deipnosophistae 14.45

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
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Reference
Deipnosophistae 14.45
Quotation
ἀκούσαντα οὖν τὸν Πελασγὸν τὴν τράπεζαν ἀφθόνως αὑτῷ κεκοσμημένην τῷ Πελώρῳ παραθεῖναι. καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους δὲ φιλοφρονουμένους ἕκαστον φέρειν ὅ τι ἔχοι παρ᾽ αὑτῷ βέλτιστον καὶ παρατιθέναι ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν τῷ ἀπαγγείλαντι, καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Πελασγὸν προθύμως διακονεῖν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τοὺς ἐν ἀξιώματι ὄντας ὑπηρετεῖν, καθότι ἑκάστῳ ὁ καιρὸς παρέπιπτεν. διόπερ φασίν, ἐπεὶ τὴν χώραν κατέσχον, ἀπομίμημα τῆς τότε γενομένης ἑορτῆς.. : καὶ θύοντας Διὶ Πελωρίῳ τραπέζας τε λαμπρῶς κοσμοῦντας προτιθέναι καὶ οὕτως φιλάνθρωπον τὴν πανήγυριν συντελεῖν
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
participle (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Furniture
Object/ Person Ornamented
Banquet table
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Vessel: Plate
Visual Work: Vessel: Bowl
Medium/a Ornamenting
Dishes and food
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Pelasgus and the Pelasgi
Item Identifier
A01933
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