Helen 10.23

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Helen 10.23
Quotation
κάλλιστον μὲν οὖν ἔχω περὶ Θησέως τοῦτ᾽ εἰπεῖν, ὅτι κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον Ἡρακλεῖ γενόμενος ἐνάμιλλον τὴν αὑτοῦ δόξαν πρὸς τὴν ἐκείνου κατέστησεν. οὐ γὰρ μόνον τοῖς ὅπλοις ἐκοσμήσαντο παραπλησίοις, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἐχρήσαντο τοῖς αὐτοῖς, πρέποντα τῇ συγγενείᾳ ποιοῦντες.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Theseus and Heracles
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
Similar armour (breastplates, greaves, helmets, etc)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Theseus and Heracles
Item Identifier
A02167
Determination
Derived directly from text