Against Eratosthanes

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
403
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Against Eratosthanes
Quotation
καὶ ἔχοντες μὲν ἑπτακοσίας ἀσπίδας τῶν ἡμετέρων, ἔχοντες δὲ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον τοσοῦτον, χαλκὸν δὲ καὶ κόσμον καὶ ἔπιπλα καὶ ἱμάτια γυναικεῖα ὅσα οὐδεπώποτε ᾤοντο κτήσεσθαι, καὶ ἀνδράποδα εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατόν, ὧν τὰ μὲν βέλτιστα ἔλαβον, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ εἰς τὸ δημόσιον ἀπέδοσαν, εἰς τοσαύτην ἀπληστίαν καὶ αἰσχροκέρδειαν ἀφίκοντο καὶ τοῦ τρόπου τοῦ αὑτῶν ἀπόδειξιν ἐποιήσαντο
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Funeral of Polemarchus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Arms and Armour
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Vessels
Visual Work: Furniture
Medium/a Ornamenting
Seven hundred shields, silver and gold, with copper, jewellery/ valuables in precious metals (vessels?), furniture, and women's apparel
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Family of Polemarchus
Notes
In this section kosmon is referring to jewellery but the rest can also be considered ornament. It was prevented from use.
Item Identifier
A02169
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