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166

Cyzicus See all items with this value

Aelius Aristides See all items with this value

Orations 27.40-41

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ἄξιον οὖν τοῖς μὲν θεοῖς χάριν εἰδέναι, τοῖς δὲ βασιλεῦσι συγχαίρειν τε καὶ συνεύχεσθαι, μακαρίζειν δ᾽ αὑτοὺς τοῦ χρόνου, καὶ πρὸς τῷ μακαρίζειν ἀπολαύειν τῆς ἀρχῆς τὰ γιγνόμενα. καλοὶ μὲν γὰρ καὶ οἱ τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων οὗτοι κόσμοι καὶ θαυμαστῶς πιθανοὶ τοῖς πλήθεσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνο ἤδη τέλειον καὶ θεοῦ τινος ὡς ἀληθῶς δωρεὰ, ὅταν ἀμφότεροι συνᾴδωσιν οἱ κόσμοι, οἵ τε ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς καὶ οἱ τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων. ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν τούτοις τὰς ἁρμονίας ἐπαινοῦμεν καὶ τὸ σώζειν ἕκαστα τὴν γιγνομένην τάξιν πρὸς ἄλληλα, οὕτω καὶ ζῆν εἰς κάλλος τοῦτ᾽ εἶναι χρὴ δοκεῖν, ὅταν ἁρμονία καὶ τάξις διὰ πάντων κρατῇ. οὗτος ὁ τῶν πόλεων ὡς ἀληθῶς κόσμος οἰκεῖος, οὗτος καὶ ἄνδρα ἰδίᾳ καὶ πόλιν σώζει, τοῦτον οὐδὲν δεῖ πρίασθαι χρημάτων δαπάνης οὐδὲ χρόνων τριβῆς οὐδ᾽ ὑπηρετῶν, οὐδὲ μηχανήματα ἱστάντας πραγματεύεσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτόν τινα ἕκαστον ἑαυτὸν δεῖ πεῖσαι προελέσθαι τὰ βελτίω.

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Location: City See all items with this value

Any city, but also Cyzicus specifically

Architecture See all items with this value

Construction and order

A02280

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Aelius Aristides

2nd century CE

City

Location

Architecture (Ornamenting)