Orations 26.81

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
155
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Author
Reference
Orations 26.81
Quotation
ὑπὲρ γὰρ τὸν ἐξωτάτω κύκλον τῆς οἰκουμένης ἀτεχνῶς οἷον ἐν τειχισμῷ πόλεως δεύτερον ἀγαγόντες ἕτερον εὐκαμπέστερόν τε καὶ εὐφυλακτότερον, ἐνταῦθα τείχη τε προὐβάλεσθε καὶ πόλεις ἐφορίους ἐδείμασθε, ἄλλας ἐν ἄλλοις μέρεσι πληρώσαντες οἰκητόρων, τέχνας τε ὑπουργοὺς δόντες αὐτοῖς καὶ τἄλλα κοσμήσαντες.
Part of Speech
Participle (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Cities on the outskirts of the Roman empire
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Public Space
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Infrastructure
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: public buildings (basilicas, colonnades), temples, public spaces (markets, fora), infrastructure (fountains, aqueducts, walls), sculpture
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The Roman emperor/ establishment
Item Identifier
A02272
Determination
Interpreted from context