Oration 1.16.C-D

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
356-357
Reference
Oration 1.16.C-D
Quotation
Γενόμενος δὲ ἐφ᾿ ἡλικίας, καὶ τῷ πατρὶ τὴν εἱμαρμένην τελευτὴν τοῦ δαίμονος μάλα ὀλβίαν παρασχόντος, οὐ μόνον τῷ πλήθει καὶ κάλλει τῶν ἐπενεχθέντων τὸν τάφον ἐκόσμεις, γενέσεως καὶ τροφῆς ἀποτίνων τὰ χαριστήρια, πολὺ δὲ πλέον τῷ μόνος ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐκείνου παίδων ζῶντος μὲν ἔτι καὶ πιεζομένου τῇ νόσῳ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁρμῆσαι, τελευτήσαντος δὲ τὰς μεγίστας τιμὰς καταστῆσαι, ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐξαρκεῖ καὶ τὸ μνησθῆναι.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Monument: Funerary: Tomb
Object/ Person Ornamented
Tomb of Constantine
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
VIsual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Medium/a Ornamenting
Various ornamentation, probably elaborateness of the tomb facade, art such as appliques and reliefs and architectural motifs
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Constantius II
Item Identifier
A02040
Determination
Interpreted from context