Orations 25.49

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Literature: prose
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Precise Date or Date Range
143
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Orations 25.49
Quotation
ἂν τοῦτο ἑστηκὸς ᾖ, Ῥόδος ἕστηκε τοῖς ὀρθῶς ὁρῶσιν, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ τείχη καὶ τὰ νεώρια καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους κόσμους τοὺς μετὰ τούτων φρόνημα ἄνδρες ἔχοντες ἐκτήσαντο καὶ λογισμοὺς οἵους χρὴ περὶ πραγμάτων, καὶ ἦν ταῦτα ἀναθήματα τῆς ἐκείνων τῶν ἀνδρῶν γνώμης, οἳ ζήλου καὶ τῆς ἐπὶ τοῖς καλοῖς φιλοτιμίας ἕνεκα πάντας μὲν πόνους ᾠήθησαν, πάντας δὲ κινδύνους ὑποστῆναι δεῖν, ἐξ ὧν ἔπλευσαν μὲν ἅπασαν ὅση πλόϊμος θάλατταν, ἠγωνίσαντο δὲ καὶ καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς καὶ ἐν συμμαχίαις πολλοὺς καὶ μεγάλους καὶ ἐνδόξους ἀγῶνας:
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Rhodes
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Infrastructure
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Architecture: Building
Medium/a Ornamenting
Walls, docks, and other ornaments (statues, public buildings, temples, etc)
Item Identifier
A02318
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