Laws 717e-718a

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Laws 717e-718a
Quotation
τελευτησάντων δὲ γονέων ταφὴ μὲν ἡ σωφρονεστάτη καλλίστη, μήτε ὑπεραίροντα τῶν εἰθισμένων ὄγκων μήτ’ ἐλλείποντα ὧν οἱ προπάτορες τοὺς ἑαυτῶν γεννητὰς ἐτίθεσαν, τάς τε αὖ κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν τῶν ἤδη τέλος ἐχόντων ὡσαύτως ἐπιμελείας τὰς κόσμον φερούσας ἀποδιδόναι· τῷ δὲ μὴ παραλείπειν μνήμην ἐνδελεχῆ παρεχόμενον, τούτῳ μάλιστ’ ἀεὶ πρεσβεύειν, δαπάνης τε τῆς διδομένης ὑπὸ τύχης τὸ μέτριον τοῖς κεκμηκόσιν νέμοντα.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Funerals for parents
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Abstract: Event
Funerary
Architecture: Monument: Funerary: Tomb
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Funerary procession and typical celebration, probably including tomb and tomb decoration (sculpture, architectural features)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Children of the deceased
Item Identifier
A02175
Determination
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