Ceramicus
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the Ceramicus
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On Moral Ends
A district of Athens where the statue of Chrysippus stood.
But at Athens — as I used to hear from my father, who jested at the Stoics with wit and elegance — there is in the Ceramicus a statue of Chrysippus seated with hand outstretched, and the hand signifies that he took delight in this little question:
History of the Peloponnesian War
District outside the walls of Athens where Hippias arranged the Panathenaic procession.
When therefore the festival arrived, Hippias, with his body-guard, was arranging outside of the walls, in what is called the Ceramicus, how the several parts of the procession were to proceed.
When the news were brought to Hippias in the Ceramicus, he proceeded immediately, not to the scene of action, but to the armed men in the procession, before they were aware of the matter, in consequence of their being at some distance from the spot;