Laws 769a-b

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Laws 769a-b
Quotation
οἶσθ᾽ ὅτι καθάπερ ζωγράφων οὐδὲν πέρας ἔχειν ἡ πραγματεία δοκεῖ περὶ ἑκάστων τῶν ζῴων, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ τοῦ χραίνειν ἢ ἀποχραίνειν, ἢ ὁτιδήποτε καλοῦσι τὸ τοιοῦτον οἱ ζωγράφων παῖδες, οὐκ ἄν ποτε δοκεῖ παύσασθαι κοσμοῦσα, ὥστε ἐπίδοσιν μηκέτ᾽ ἔχειν εἰς τὸ καλλίω τε καὶ φανερώτερα γίγνεσθαι τὰ γεγραμμένα.
Part of Speech
Participle (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Painting
Object/ Person Ornamented
Painting of any subject
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Continuous layers of painted embellishent in different colours
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
A painter
Item Identifier
A02178
Determination
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