Indica, Fragment 27 line 28-29

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Author
Reference
Indica, Fragment 27 line 28-29
Quotation
λιταὶ δὲ καὶ αἱ ταφαὶ καὶ μικρὰ χώματα: ὑπεναντίως δὲ τῇ ἄλλῃ λιτότητι κοσμοῦνται: χρυσοφοροῦσι γὰρ καὶ διαλίθῳ κόσμῳ χρῶνται σινδόνας τε φοροῦσιν εὐανθεῖς, καὶ σκιάδια αὐτοῖς ἕπεται: τὸ γὰρ κάλλος τιμῶντες ἀσκοῦσιν ὅσα καλλωπίζει τὴν ὄψιν: ἀλήθειάν τε ὁμοίως καὶ ἀρετὴν ἀποδέχονται, διόπερ οὐδὲ τῇ ἡλικίᾳ τῶν γερόντων προνομίαν διδόασιν ἂν μὴ καὶ τῷ φρονεῖν πλεονεκτῶσι.
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Indian people
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Embroidery
Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Medium/a Ornamenting
Dresses with gold and precious stones, flowered robes (embroidered?)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Wealthy Indian people and their attendants
Notes
Preserved in Strab. 15.1.54
Item Identifier
A02356
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