Orations 17.20

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Literature: prose
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Orations 17.20
Quotation
ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν καὶ ἐν μέρει κοσμοίη τις ἂν, ἡ δὲ ἐπὶ πᾶσι 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: Infrastructure
Architecture: Public Space: Acropolis
Medium/a Ornamenting
Harbour; acropolis
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A02306
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