Orations 19.3

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
178
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Author
Reference
Orations 19.3
Quotation
ἃ νῦν πάντα ἐν κόνει. μέμυκε μὲν ἐκεῖνος λιμὴν, οἴχεται δὲ ἀγορᾶς κάλλη, κόσμοι δὲ ὁδῶν ἀφανεῖς, γυμνάσια δὲ αὐτοῖς ἀνδράσι καὶ παισὶ διέφθαρται: ναοὶ δὲ οἱ μὲν κεῖνται, οἱ δὲ κατέδυσαν: ἡ δὲ πρὸς θέαν ὡραιοτάτη πόλεων καὶ τοῦ κάλλους ἐπώνυμος ἀνθρώποις ἅπασιν ἀωρότατον θεαμάτων ἀποπέφανται, κολωνὸς ἐρειπίων καὶ νεκρῶν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Infrastructure
Object/ Person Ornamented
The streets of Smyrna
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Monument
Architecture: Infrastructure
Visual Work: Marble: Marble
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: monuments lining it, colonnades, statues, fountains, building materials (marble?)
Item Identifier
A02287
Determination
Interpreted from context