Fragment 1p, Alpha* line 9

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Reference
Fragment 1p, Alpha* line 9
Quotation
ὅτε δὴ οὖν Ἀρβάκης, εἷς τῶν ὑπ᾽ αὐτὸν στρατηγῶν Μῆδος γένος, διεπράξατο διά τινος τῶν εὐνούχων Σπαραμείζου θεάσασθαι Σαρδανάπαλλον καὶ μόλις αὐτῷ ἐπετράπη ἐκείνου ἐθελήσαντος, ὡς εἰσελθὼν εἶδεν αὐτὸν ὁ Μῆδος ἐψιμυθιωμένον καὶ κεκοσμημένον γυναικιστὶ καὶ μετὰ τῶν παλλακίδων ξαίνοντα πορφύραν ἀναβάδην τε μετ᾽ αὐτῶν καθήμενον,,τὰς ὀφρῦς μεμελασμένον, γυναικείαν δὲ στολὴν ἔχοντα καὶ κατεξυρημένον τὸν πώγωνα καὶ κατακεκισηρισμένον ἦν δὲ καὶ γάλακτος λευκότερος καὶ ὑπεγέγραπτο τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ προσεῖδεν τὸν Ἀρβάκην τὰ λευκὰ ἐπαναβαλὼν τοῖν ὀφθαλμοῖν
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Sardanapalus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Cosmetics
Visual Work: Clothing
Medium/a Ornamenting
Paint and make up, as well as women's clothing
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Sardanapalus' attendants?
Notes
Preserved in Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 12.38.3. See also Duris of Samos, Hist, Fragmenta Fragment 14 line 8
Item Identifier
A02362
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