Agesilaus 9.6

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
350-359
Reference
Agesilaus 9.6
Quotation
ἐκεῖνό γε μὴν πῶς οὐ καλὸν καὶ μεγαλογνῶμον, τὸ αὐτὸν μὲν ἀνδρὸς ἔργοις καὶ κτήμασι κοσμεῖν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ οἶκον, κύνας τε πολλοὺς θηρευτὰς καὶ ἵππους πολεμιστηρίους τρέφοντα, Κυνίσκαν δὲ ἀδελφὴν οὖσαν πεῖσαι ἁρματοτροφεῖν καὶ ἐπιδεῖξαι νικώσης αὐτῆς ὅτι τὸ θρέμμα τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνδραγαθίας ἀλλὰ πλούτου ἐπίδειγμά ἐστι;
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
House and estate of Agesilaus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Animal
Medium/a Ornamenting
Tasteful decoration - statues, other artistic ornament (Painting), animals (horses and dogs)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Agesilaus
Item Identifier
A02224
Determination
Derived directly from text