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Xenophon, Symposium, 4.17


nanBut more than that, beauty is not to be contemned on this ground, either, that it soon passes its prime; for just as we recognize beauty in a boy, so we do in a youth, a full-grown man, or an old man. Witness the fact that in selecting garlandbearers for Athena they choose beautiful old men, thus intimating that beauty attends every period of life.


nanBut more than that, beauty is not to be contemned on this ground, either, that it soon passes its prime; for just as we recognize beauty in a boy, so we do in a youth, a full-grown man, or an old man. Witness the fact that in selecting garlandbearers for Athena they choose beautiful old men, thus intimating that beauty attends every period of life.


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Aristophanes, Acharnians, 254, 253 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

253. ἄγ' ὦ θύγατερ ὅπως τὸ κανοῦν καλὴ καλῶς
2. Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 642-647, 641 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

641. ἑπτὰ μὲν ἔτη γεγῶς' εὐθὺς ἠρρηφόρουν:
3. Thucydides, The History of The Peloponnesian War, 6.58.1 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

6.58.1. When the news was brought to Hippias in the Ceramicus, he at once proceeded not to the scene of action, but to the armed men in the procession, before they, being some distance away, knew anything of the matter, and composing his features for the occasion, so as not to betray himself, pointed to a certain spot, and bade them repair thither without their arms.
4. Xenophon, Symposium, 1.2, 1.4 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1.2. It was on the occasion of the horse-races at the greater Panathenaic games; Callias, Hipponicus’ son, was enamoured, as it happened, of the boy Autolycus, and in honour of his victory in the pancratium The pancratium was a severe athletic contest involving a combination of boxing and wrestling, and requiring on the part of the contestants unusual physique and condition. There were separate events open to men and to boys. had brought him to see the spectacle. When the racing was over, Callias proceeded on his way to his house in the Peiraeus with Autolycus and the boy’s father; Niceratus also was in his company. 1.4. This is an opportune meeting, for I am about to give a dinner in honour of Autolycus and his father; and I think that my entertainment would present a great deal more brilliance if my dining-room were graced with the presence of men like you, whose hearts have undergone philosophy’s purification, than it would with generals and cavalry commanders and office-seekers.
5. Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, 18.1-18.4 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

6. Demosthenes, Orations, 21.156, 21.159 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

7. Plutarch, Lives of The Ten Orators, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

8. Apuleius, The Golden Ass, 3.10, 6.29, 10.17 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

9. Epigraphy, Ig I , 258, 34, 46, 71, 244

10. Epigraphy, Ig I , 258, 34, 46, 71, 244

11. Epigraphy, Ig Ii2, 682, 968, 456

12. Epigraphy, Seg, 15.104

13. Epigraphy, Rhodes & Osborne Ghi, 37, 29



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
agones, beauty of Mikalson, New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society (2016) 258
agones, in city Mikalson, New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society (2016) 258
alliteration, of cognates Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
antigonos of karystos Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 338
aristeion for athena Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens (2005) 260
boughs, presented, with greenery and garlands, in temple of isis Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
byzantium Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
choregoi, of city Mikalson, New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society (2016) 258
community of all the athenians, membership Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 264
decline of and panathenaea Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens (2005) 260
dionysia, city identities Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 264
erichthonios, and kanephoroi Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 123
feet, of goddess, kissed Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
freedmen, at panathenaea Parker, Polytheism and Society at Athens (2005) 260
garlands, presented in temple of isis Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
greek language and ritual, in launching of ships Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
harmodios and aristogeiton, harmodios, sister of Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 123
homosexuality Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 338
identities, comparison and contrast Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 264
isis, feet of, kissed Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
kanephoroi, procession Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 123
kanephoroi Mikalson, New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society (2016) 258
katapugon Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 338
kinaidos Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 338
kissing, hand of priest, people kiss feet of goddess Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
kosmos Mikalson, New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society (2016) 258
launching of ships, proclaimed Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
lykourgos, son of lykophron, of boutadai Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 123
metics, and meat distribution Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 264
metics, as servants of goddess Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 264
metics, identities Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 264
miltiades, son of zoilos, of marathon, daughter of Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 123
nabarze Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
nama Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
nemea Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 338
olive, boughs of Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
panathenaea Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
panathenaia, inclusivity Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 264
panathenaia, spectators Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 264
people, roman, prayed for Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
philotimia Mikalson, New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society (2016) 258
ploiaphesia, proclaimed Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
pompai, beauty of Mikalson, New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society (2016) 258
procession, at great panathenaia Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 123
proskynesis Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
prostitutes, male Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 338
ravenna, sarcophagus from Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
rite, greek Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
roman people, prayed for Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
sailors, prayed for Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
ships, launching of, prayed for Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
ships, launching of Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
six magical words Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
skaphephoroi, at dionysiac festivals Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 264
skaphephoroi, great panathenaia Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 264
skaphephoroi, procession Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 123, 264
steps' Griffiths, The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI) (1975) 268
thallophoroi, definition Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 123
thallophoroi, procession Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 123
theoriai, beauty of Mikalson, New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society (2016) 258
theoriai, to olympia Mikalson, New Aspects of Religion in Ancient Athens: Honors, Authorities, Esthetics, and Society (2016) 258
xenophon, on sokrates Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 338