Cyropaedia 3.3.6

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
370
Reference
Cyropaedia 3.3.6
Quotation
καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὅ τι που καλὸν ἴδοι ἐς στρατιάν, ταῦτα κτώμενος διεδωρεῖτο τοῖς ἀεὶ ἀξιωτάτοις, νομίζων ὅ τι καλὸν κἀγαθὸν ἔχοι τὸ στράτευμα, τούτοις ἅπασιν αὐτὸς κεκοσμῆσθαι.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Cyrus and his soldiers
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Arms and Armour
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Presents and likely personal effects like fine armor, brooches, jewellery
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Cyrus
Notes
Cyrus himself is also adorned because what his soldiers bore did also reflect on him
Item Identifier
A02206
Determination
Derived directly from text