Orations 20.22

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Literature: prose
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Orations 20.22
Quotation
ὦ μακάριοι μὲν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων οἱ πρὸς ταύτην ἀφιξόμενοι τὴν ἡμέραν, ἐν ᾗ τὴν Σμύρναν ὄψονται τὸν ἑαυτῆς ἔχουσαν κόσμον: παῖδες δὲ οὐδὲν ζημιωσόμενοι, ἀλλ᾽ ὀψόμενοι τὴν πατρίδα οἵαν οἱ γονεῖς ᾤκουν: οἱ δ᾽ ἐν ἡλικίᾳ τὰ μὲν συμπράξαντές τε καὶ συμπονήσαντες, τὰ δὲ συνθύσοντες καὶ συνεορτάσοντες ἑαυτοῖς τε καὶ τοῖς εἰσαφικνουμένοις: ὡς τῶν παρόντων ἀγαθῶν ἔτι καλλίους αἱ τῶν μελλόντων ἐλπίδες.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Smyrna
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Infrastructure
Architecture: Building
Medium/a Ornamenting
Harbours, gates, and buildings
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
City officials undertaking restoration after an earthquake
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A02311
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