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1 | Crow, Bardill & Bayliss 2008 | pp. 9-10 | |
2 | Themistius 357 | 223 | (Oratio IV.58bc) And since shortly before the speech has mentioned Alexander, Pella did in no way receive a benefit or profit from the good fortune of Alexander, but after he had acquired such a great swathe of land for himself he did not make his hometown larger by a single plethron, whereas the city who is of the same age as the imperial office fittingly grows up together with the emperor. For I hear that the father at the same time clad the city with the circular wall and the son with the purple gown. As a consequence having justly tripled his rule he has multiplied the one (i.e. the city) who is of the same age as it (i.e. the rule), not by extending the circuit but by devising additions to its beauty, and by searching more bountiful sources of water and building baths that bear his name, of which you already see the size, and whose beauty is expected to be in accordance with this size, by girding her (i.e. the city) with a covered course as with a colourful sash, and by braiding the imperial market-place like some veil with gold and particles. But most lovely and desirable of all is that while he himself does not live in luxury he provides an abundance of luxury to the city, and while he closes off his own soul to pleasures he assembles for you the licit ones from everywhere. |
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# | Code | Page | Excerpt |
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1 | Crow, Bardill & Bayliss 2008 | pp. 9-10 | |
2 | Themistius 357 | 223 | (Oratio IV.58bc) And since shortly before the speech has mentioned Alexander, Pella did in no way receive a benefit or profit from the good fortune of Alexander, but after he had acquired such a great swathe of land for himself he did not make his hometown larger by a single plethron, whereas the city who is of the same age as the imperial office fittingly grows up together with the emperor. For I hear that the father at the same time clad the city with the circular wall and the son with the purple gown. As a consequence having justly tripled his rule he has multiplied the one (i.e. the city) who is of the same age as it (i.e. the rule), not by extending the circuit but by devising additions to its beauty, and by searching more bountiful sources of water and building baths that bear his name, of which you already see the size, and whose beauty is expected to be in accordance with this size, by girding her (i.e. the city) with a covered course as with a colourful sash, and by braiding the imperial market-place like some veil with gold and particles. But most lovely and desirable of all is that while he himself does not live in luxury he provides an abundance of luxury to the city, and while he closes off his own soul to pleasures he assembles for you the licit ones from everywhere. |
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