Dialexeis/ Dissoi logoi, On Seemly and Unseemly, 2.6 (Fragment 2 line 10)

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Reference
Dialexeis/ Dissoi logoi, On Seemly and Unseemly, 2.6 (Fragment 2 line 10)
Quotation
καὶ κοσμεῖσθαι καὶ ψιμυθίῳ χρίεσθαι καὶ χρυσία περιάπτεσθαι, τῷ μὲν ἀνδρὶ αἰσχρόν, τᾷ δὲ γυναικὶ καλόν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Men
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Cosmetics
Medium/a Ornamenting
Makeup, gold jewellery, women's clothing
Notes
In the text it is written that it is inappropriate for men to dress this way
Item Identifier
A02367
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