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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Reference
Fragment 26 line 30
Quotation
κληθεὶς γὰρ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἔνθα καὶ βασιλέως καὶ τῆς μητρὸς εὐνοῦχοι παρῆσαν, ἧκεν ἐσθῆτι καὶ χρυσῷ κεκοσμημένος οἷς ἔλαβε παρὰ βασιλέως, ἐπεὶ δὲ εἰς τὸ πίνειν ἀφίκοντο, λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ μέγιστον δυνάμενος τῶν Παρυσάτιδος εὐνούχων ‘ὡς καλὴν μὲν ἐσθῆτά σοι ταύτην, ὦ Μιθριδάτα, ὁ βασιλεὺς δέδωκε, καλὰ δὲ στρεπτὰ καὶ ψέλια: πολλοῦ δὲ ἄξιος ὁ ἀκινάκης. ἦ μακάριόν σε καὶ περίβλεπτον ἅπασι πεποίηκεν.’
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Mithridates
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold jewellery (collars, bracelets), sword, beautiful cloak
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Artaxerxes
Notes
Preserved in Plut., Artaxerxes 15.1-2
Item Identifier
A02363
Determination
Derived directly from text