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Thucydides, The History Of The Peloponnesian War, 1.6.3

ἐν τοῖς πρῶτοι δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι τόν τε σίδηρον κατέθεντο καὶ ἀνειμένῃ τῇ διαίτῃ ἐς τὸ τρυφερώτερον μετέστησαν. καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι αὐτοῖς τῶν εὐδαιμόνων διὰ τὸ ἁβροδίαιτον οὐ πολὺς χρόνος ἐπειδὴ χιτῶνάς τε λινοῦς ἐπαύσαντο φοροῦντες καὶ χρυσῶν τεττίγων ἐνέρσει κρωβύλον ἀναδούμενοι τῶν ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ τριχῶν: ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ Ἰώνων τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους κατὰ τὸ ξυγγενὲς ἐπὶ πολὺ αὕτη ἡ σκευὴ κατέσχεν. The Athenians were the first to lay aside their weapons, and to adopt an easier and more luxurious mode of life; indeed, it is only lately that their rich old men left off the luxury of wearing undergarments of linen, and fastening a knot of their hair with a tie of golden grasshoppers, a fashion which spread to their Ionian kindred, and long prevailed among the old men there.

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19 results
1. Sappho, Fragments, 140, 58, 128 (7th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)
2. Sappho, Fragments, 140, 58, 128 (7th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)
3. Sappho, Fragments, 140, 58, 128 (7th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)
4. Semonides of Amorgos, Fragments, 7 (7th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
5. Aeschylus, Persians, 42-50, 41 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 41. ἁβροδιαίτων δʼ ἕπεται Λυδῶν 41. Behind them follows a throng of luxurious Lydians and those note anchored=
6. Xenophanes, Fragments, 3 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
7. Xenophanes, Fragments, 3 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
8. Xenophanes, Fragments, 3 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
9. Euripides, Helen, 1528 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
10. Euripides, Iphigenia At Aulis, 614 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
11. Euripides, Medea, 1164 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
12. Euripides, Phoenician Women, 1485 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 1485. I do not veil my tender cheek shaded with curls, nor do I feel shame, from maiden modesty, at the dark red beneath my eyes, the blush upon my face, as I hurry on, in bacchic revelry for the dead
13. Euripides, Trojan Women, 820 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 820. In vain, it seems, you Phrygian boy Ganymede, a son of Tros. pacing with dainty step among your golden chalices, do you fill high the cup of Zeus, a lovely service;
14. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 523 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 523. then there were close-locked grapplings and deadly blows from foreheads and loud deep cries from both. Meanwhile the delicate beauty sat on the side of a hill that could be seen from afar
15. Thucydides, The History of The Peloponnesian War, 1.6.2, 1.6.4-1.6.5 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 1.6.4. On the contrary a modest style of dressing, more in conformity with modern ideas, was first adopted by the Lacedaemonians, the rich doing their best to assimilate their way of life to that of the common people. 1.6.5. They also set the example of contending naked, publicly stripping and anointing themselves with oil in their gymnastic exercises. Formerly, even in the Olympic contests, the athletes who contended wore belts across their middles; and it is but a few years since that the practice ceased. To this day among some of the barbarians, especially in Asia, when prizes for boxing and wrestling are offered, belts are worn by the combatants.
16. Demosthenes, Orations, 8.34, 9.4 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
17. Dinarchus, Or., 1.43 (4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
18. Andocides, Orations, 1.112
19. Andocides, Orations, 1.112

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
aegean	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
ambassador, to greek states	Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 953
aristotle	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 56
astyages (king of media)	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 56
athenaeus (author), fragmentary writers and	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304, 315
athenaeus (author), framing language	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304, 315
athenaeus (author), paraphrases original sources	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304, 315
athenaeus (author)	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304, 315
athens, athenian	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
athens/athenians	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 44, 46, 57, 315, 370
attica, attic	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
avarice/greed	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31, 44
byzantium/byzantines	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304
calchedonians	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304
chorus χορός, choral	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
civil discord	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 315, 370
clothing	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31
clytemnestra	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31
cyrus the great (king of persia)	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 56
decadence, processes of	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 46, 56, 57, 304, 315
deception	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 370
demosthenes	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 57, 370
destruction/ruin	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 46, 304, 315
dionysius of halicarnassus	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 370
dionysos	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
dithyramb	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
drinking/drunkenness	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304
effeminacy	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31, 304, 370
epikleros, marriage	Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 953
flattery	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 370
ganymede	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31
gergithes	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 315
gnomic	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
hair	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31, 44, 370; Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 953
heraclides ponticus	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 315
hero	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
herodotus	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 44
historiography, hellenistic	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304, 315
historiography, roman	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 370
homeric	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
hubris	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 46, 57, 315
initiation, initiatory rites	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
jewelry	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 44, 370
laconia, laconian	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
lemnos	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
lydians	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304
medes	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 56, 315
miletus/milesians	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 315
military, training, weakness in neglecting	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 56
orientalism	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 56, 57
patricians	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 370
persians	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 56, 57, 315
pleasure	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31, 46, 57, 315
plebeians	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 370
salaminioi	Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 953
sappho	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31
sexual behavior, lack of restraint/licentiousness	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304
sexual behavior	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304
sitêsis	Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 953
softness/weakness	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31, 46, 56, 57
solon	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31
sounion	Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 953
sparta/spartans	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 46
sumptuary laws	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 57
symposia/feasting	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31
theopompus	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304
theseus	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
thucydides	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 44, 46, 315
toil	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 46
tragedy, tragic'	Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 93
troy	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31
tyranny/despotism	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 370
umbria/umbrians	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 304
virtue	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 370
wealth/prosperity	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31, 44, 46, 57, 304, 315
women	Gorman, Gorman, Corrupting Luxury in Ancient Greek Literature (2014) 31