Agaist Timarchus 1.183

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Agaist Timarchus 1.183
Quotation
ὁ δὲ Σόλων ὁ τῶν νομοθετῶν ἐνδοξότατος γέγραφεν ἀρχαίως καὶ σεμνῶς περὶ τῆς τῶν γυναικῶν εὐκοσμίας. τὴν γὰρ γυναῖκα ἐφ’ ᾗ ἂν ἁλῷ μοιχός, οὐκ ἐᾷ κοσμεῖσθαι, οὐδὲ εἰς τὰ δημοτελῆ ἱερὰ εἰσιέναι, ἵνα μὴ τὰς ἀναμαρτήτους τῶν γυναικῶν ἀναμειγνυμένη διαφθείρῃ· ἐὰν δ’ εἰσίῃ ἢ κοσμῆται, τὸν ἐντυχόντα κελεύει καταρρηγνύναι τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ τὸν κόσμον ἀφαιρεῖσθαι καὶ τύπτειν, εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι, ἀτιμῶν τὴν τοιαύτην γυναῖκα καὶ τὸν βίον ἀβίωτον αὐτῇ κατασκευάζων.
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Woman adulterers
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Jewellery and fine clothing
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Woman adulterers
Notes
The passage states that Solon wrote that woman adulterers were not allowed to adorn themselves; were they found to do so, they would be stripped of their ornaments and publicly beaten
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A02060
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