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Text Category
Literature: poetry
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Fragment 79 line 1
Quotation
ἐλαφρὸν τὸ γένος γάρ ἐστι καὶ λίαν κακόν. ὅταν τινὰ τάφον στεφανοῖς κόσμῳ ποικίλῳ, τὸ ζῆν τὸ σαυτοῦ στεφάνοις παρηγόρει.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Funeral and funerary crowns
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Multicoloured decoration (paint?)
Item Identifier
A02332
Determination
Derived directly from text