Orations 21.14

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Literature: prose
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Orations 21.14
Quotation
Μέλητα δὲ κοσμεῖν ἑτέροις τὰ νῦν παρίημι: καίτοι μέγιστός γε αὐτὸς αὑτῷ κόσμος ἐστὶν ὁρώμενος, ᾧ γε καὶ θέρος καὶ χειμὼν τὸν αὐτὸν ἔχει λόγον, καὶ οὔτε ἐξ ὄμβρων ποτὲ ὕβρισεν οὔτε αὐχμοῖς εἶξεν, ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ἄλλο τι τῶν ἀκινήτων, ἓν μὲν σχῆμα, μίαν δὲ χρόαν τὸν ἀεὶ σώζει χρόνον.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
River Meles
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Its own beauty and regularity (shape/ appearance)
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A02313
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