Antidosis 15.234

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Antidosis 15.234
Quotation
τὸ δὲ τελευταῖον Περικλῆς καὶ δημαγωγὸς ὢν ἀγαθὸς καὶ ῥήτωρ ἄριστος οὕτως ἐκόσμησε τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖς καὶ τοῖς ἀναθήμασι καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν, ὥστ᾽ ἔτι καὶ νῦν τοὺς εἰσαφικνουμένους εἰς αὐτὴν νομίζειν μὴ μόνον ἄρχειν ἀξίαν εἶναι τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν οὐκ ἐλάττω μυρίων ταλάντων ἀνήνεγκε.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Athens
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Monument
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Infrastructure
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
Temples, monuments, and other works of beauty such as statues, infrastructure, porticoes, fountains, etc
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Pericles
Item Identifier
A02168
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