Orations 17.10, 12, 20

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
157
Location of Display
Author
Reference
Orations 17.10, 12, 20
Quotation
κόσμοι δὲ οἵ τε ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ οἱ περὶ αὐτὴν ἐξ ἴσου πολλοί τε καὶ λαμπροὶ καὶ ποθεινοτέρους οὐχὶ λελοιπότες... ποίας γραφῆς ἢ πλάσματος οὐ βελτίω ταῦτα μιμήσασθαι; ἀεὶ δὲ ὥσπερ εἰς πομπὴν ἐνιαύσιον κεκοσμημένη ταῖς τε ἰδίαις καὶ ταῖς δημοσίαις κατασκευαῖς ὡραΐζεται, σκηνῆς Μηδικῆς θέαμα ἁβρότερον... χάρις ὥσπερ Ἶρις τεταμένη καὶ τὴν πόλιν ὥσπερ λύραν ἁρμοττομένη σύμφωνον αὑτῇ τε καὶ τοῖς ἔξω κόσμοις, καὶ ἡ διὰ πάντων ὥσπερ τοῦ παρ᾽ Ὁμήρῳ χαλκοῦ μέχρι οὐρανοῦ διηνεκὴς αἴγλη, τῷ ταῦτα ἐφικτὰ διηγήσασθαι;
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Smyrna
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Building: Shrine
Cultic: Building: Shrine
Architecture: Infrastructure
Architecture: Public Space
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Gymnasium
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Theatre
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Market
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
Temples, broad streets, an acropolis, shrines, gymnasia, markets, theatres, harbours, public sculpture, baths, springs, fountains
Notes
The list of ornamentations for the city is in the interceding passage.
Item Identifier
A02275
Determination
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