People of Tarsus · Atlas

spoken of as

1 expression

The people of Tarsus1 mention

For know well that by buildings, and by festivals, and by administering justice yourselves, and by not being subject to scrutiny by others nor contributing to others like a mere village — by all these things the spirit of cities is naturally exalted, and the dignity of the people becomes greater, and they meet with more honour both from the strangers who visit and from the governors.

oration 40 ¶

in the texts

OrationsImperial · Greek

The citizens of Tarsus, addressed collectively as the audience of the oration and criticized for a shameful vocal habit.

For you think, men, that you are happy and blessed, since you inhabit a great city and dwell in a good land and see the necessities most abundant and unstinted among you, and this river flows through the middle of your city, and besides Tarsus is the metropolis of those in Cilicia.

oration 33 ¶

And you too, men of Tarsus, imitate the Lacedaemonians, cut out the superfluous sound.

oration 33 ¶

It is not a river nor a plain nor a harbour that makes a city happy, nor a multitude of money nor of buildings nor treasures of the gods, to which the divine pays no heed;

oration 33 ¶

LettersLate Antiquity · Greek

Laity of Tarsus urged toward unity concerning Cyriacus and the wider church.

Meeting, then, with the brothers and observing in them much brotherly affection and love toward you, and far more besides their love of Christ and their exactness and vigour concerning the faith, and that they make every effort both not to be separated from your love and not to betray the sound faith — accepting their good resolve, I write to your honoured selves, exhorting you to hold them, with …

letter 114 ¶

And there is — as I persuade myself — that which is neither contrary to you, nor insufficient to satisfy the aforesaid brothers, namely this:

letter 114 ¶

To the People of Tarsus, concerning Cyriacus

letter 114 ¶