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Aelius Aristides, Orations, LCL 533: Aelius Aristides I
Edited by Michael Trapp

Number of quotes: 5


Book ID: 402 Page: 271/273

Section: 1A

For it strikes me as a kind of sacrilege for someone praising Athenian achievements in a speech to omit any mention of the topic of speech itself. You alone of all mankind really did raise the “bloodless trophy”…

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over the whole of the human race; the victory you won, and won for all time [Rome or Athens?], was a great and honorable one…

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For it is to you and your way of life and your dialect that all cities and all races of men have bowed.{231} It is not by garrisons stationed in them that the power of Athens is sustained, but by the fact that all have consciously chosen your ways and made themselves as far as possible your city’s adopted sons, praying that both they and their children may share in the good that you possess.

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…a god-sent good fortune has ensured that a desire to imitate your learning and your customs has pervaded the whole earth, and all have come to think of yours as the one universal dialect of the race; through you the whole inhabited world has come to speak the same language….

Quote ID: 8514

Time Periods: 1


Book ID: 402 Page: 277

Section: 4B

…now it is quite simply the entire human race and all nations that you sustain with the fairest of all benefactions, since as leaders in culture and all forms of learning you purify all men in all lands.

JDC Note - I think this is Athens, not Rome.

Quote ID: 8515

Time Periods: 1


Book ID: 402 Page: 279/281

Section: 1B

The land and sea empire of modern times{236}—may it never pass away—does not disdain to glorify Athens in her role as teacher and foster parent. So abundant, indeed, are the honors that are showered on her that the city’s fortunes now differ from what they were only in that she plays no part in current affairs.

{236} The Roman Empire

Quote ID: 8516

Time Periods: 1


Book ID: 402 Page: 283

Section: 1A

Under the best and Greatest of them all, the empire that now holds sway, she has precedence over the whole of the Greek world, and her fortunes are such that one would not likely pray for her to enjoy her former circumstances rather than her present ones.

Quote ID: 8517

Time Periods: 1


Book ID: 402 Page: 319

Section: 4B

Or in the practice of oratory and other forms of learning? But to this day everyone flocks here….

JDC Note - Again, Athens.

Quote ID: 8518

Time Periods: 2



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