Orations 34.23

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
170
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Author
Reference
Orations 34.23
Quotation
φέρε δὴ καὶ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν στεφανιτῶν ἀγώνων σκεψώμεθα, οἷον τὸν Δωριέα τὸν Ῥόδιον καὶ Γλαῦκον τὸν Καρύστιον καὶ Μίλωνα δὴ καὶ Πολυδάμαντα, καὶ πάντας ὧν εἰκόνες χαλκαῖ, πότερον θρυπτομένους καὶ παροινοῦντας καὶ ταὐτὰ ταῖς ὀρχηστρίσι στρεφομένους ἐστεφάνουν οἱ τῷ Διὶ τῷ Ὀλυμπίῳ τὸν ἀγῶνα κοσμοῦντες, ἢ καρτερίαν θαυμαστήν τινα καὶ ῥώμην ὁμοῦ ψυχῆς τε καὶ σώματος παρασχομένους, ἃ τὰς μεγίστας καὶ βεβαιοτάτας ἡδονὰς καὶ αὐτοῖς τοῖς ἔχουσι καὶ τοῖς συνειδόσι προξενεῖ.
Part of Speech
Participle (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Athletes - Doreius of Rhodes, Glaucus of Carystus, Milo, Poulydamas, among others
Medium/a Ornamenting
Crowns
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Contest/ festival officials
Item Identifier
A02298
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Derived directly from text