Peloponnesian War 6.54.5

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
431-400
Location of Display
Author
Reference
Peloponnesian War 6.54.5
Quotation
καὶ ἐπετήδευσαν ἐπὶ πλεῖστον δὴ τύραννοι οὗτοι ἀρετὴν καὶ ξύνεσιν, καὶ Ἀθηναίους εἰκοστὴν μόνον πρασσόμενοι τῶν γιγνομένων τήν τε πόλιν αὐτῶν καλῶς διεκόσμησαν καὶ τοὺς πολέμους διέφερον καὶ ἐς τὰ ἱερὰ ἔθυον.
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Location: City
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Athens, its buildings and temples
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Architecture: Building
Architecture: Infrastructure
Architecture: Public Space
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified - architectural embellishments, visual works (statues, paintings), infrastructure (porticoes, fountains), public space
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Tyrants of Athens
Item Identifier
A02198
Determination
Interpreted from context