Ornamenting Empire · Dialexeis/ Dissoi logoi, On Seemly and Unseemly, 2.13 (Fragment 2 line 23)

Text Category

Literature: prose See all items with this value

Century Range

5th century BCE See all items with this value

Author

Unknown See all items with this value

Reference

Dialexeis/ Dissoi logoi, On Seemly and Unseemly, 2.13 (Fragment 2 line 23)

Language

Greek See all items with this value

Quotation

τοῖς δὲ Θραιξὶ κόσμος τὰς κόρας στίζεσθαι· τοῖς δ’ ἄλλοις τιμωρία τὰ στίγματα τοῖς ἀδικέοντι.

Part of Speech

Noun See all items with this value

Type of Thing Ornamented

Person See all items with this value

Object/ Person Ornamented

Young Thracian girls

Type of Medium Ornamenting

Visual Work: Painting: Tattoo See all items with this value

Medium/a Ornamenting

Tattoos (typically on arms and hands)

Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting

Assumed to be a ritual, coming-of-age activity - likely Thracian women & others tattooed the girls

Item Identifier

A02386

Determination

Derived directly from text