Orations 27.18

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Literature: prose
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166
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Orations 27.18
Quotation
εἰ δ᾽ ἔτυχον παριόντες Ὅμηρος καὶ Ἡσίοδος, ῥᾳδίως ἄν μοι δοκοῦσιν εἰπεῖν τὸ περὶ τοῦ τείχους τοῦ Τρωικοῦ μυθολόγημα μεταθέντες, ὡς ἄρα Ποσειδῶν καὶ Ἀπόλλων κοινῇ φιλοτεχνήσαντες ἀπειργάσαντο τὸ ἔργον τῇ πόλει, ὁ μὲν τὴν πέτραν παρασχὼν ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ τῆς θαλάττης καὶ ἅμα ποιήσας δυνατὴν εἶναι κομισθῆναι, ὁ δ᾽ ὥσπερ εἰκὸς οἰκιστὴν βουληθεὶς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πόλιν κοσμῆσαι προσθήκῃ τηλικαύτῃ
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Cyzicus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Medium/a Ornamenting
A great temple (temple of Hadrian?)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Poseidon
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A02278
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