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• Vita decem oratorum 11

  Plutarch

  ἔτι δὲ αἱρεθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου χρήματα πολλὰ συνήγαγεν εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ παρασκευάσας τῇ θεῷ κόσμον, Νίκας τε ὁλοχρύσους πομπεῖά τε χρυσᾶ καὶ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ κόσμον χρυσοῦν εἰς ἑκατὸν κανηφόρους χειροτονηθεὶς δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς τοῦ πολέμου παρασκευῆς ὅπλα μὲν πολλὰ καὶ βελῶν μυριάδας πέντε ἀνήνεγκεν εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, τετρακοσίας δὲ τριήρεις πλωΐμους κατεσκεύασε, τὰς μὲν ἐπισκευάσας τὰς δὲ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ναυπηγησάμενος

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 2nd century CE

  Location: Chaeronea

• In Verrem, 2.3.9 (4)

  Cicero

  huius argento dominia vestra, huius signis et tabulis forum comitiumque ornari praesertim cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis?

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 1st century BCE

  Location: Rome

• De deo Socratis, 23 (1)

  Apuleius

  Neque enim in emendis equis phaleras consideramus et baltei polimina inspicimus et ornatissimae cervicis divitias contemplamur, si ex auro et argento et gemmis monilia variegata dependent, si plena artis ornamenta capiti et collo circumiacent, si frena caelata, si ephippia fucata, si cingula aurata sunt,

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 2nd century CE

  Location: Rome

• Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 21.3.6-7

  Justin

  Probato consilio, quo et superstitioni et pudicitiae virginum consulebatur, certatim omnes feminaeinpensius exornatae in templum Veneris conveniunt, quas omnes Dionysius inmissis militibusspoliat ornamenta que matronarum in praedam suam vertit.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 3rd century CE

• Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 20.4.10-12

  Justin

  Inter haec velut genetricem virtutum frugalitatem omnibus ingerebat consecutus quedisputationum adsiduitate erat, ut matronae auratas vestes cetera que dignitatis suae ornamenta velut instrumenta luxuriae deponerent ea que omnia delata in Iunonis aedem ipsi deaeconsecrarent, prae se ferentes vera ornamenta matronarum pudicitiam, non vestes esse.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 3rd century CE

• Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 12.7.5

  Justin

  Cui gloriae ut etiam exercitus ornamenta convenirent, phaleras equorum et arma militumargento inducit exercitum que suum ab argenteis clipeis Argyraspidas appellavit.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 3rd century CE

• Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 11.13.11

  Justin

  Hortatur, spernant illam aciem auro et argento fulgentem, in qua plus praedae quam periculi sit,cum victoria non ornamentorum decore, sed ferri virtute quaeratur.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 3rd century CE

• Liber regularum 7.14,2

  Tyconius

  Ista sunt ergo diaboli ornamenta, lapides pretiosi quibus lapides igneos imitatur.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century CE

• Adversus Iovinianum 1.32

  Hieronymus

  ista est de qua per ieremiam loquitur deus, dicens: nunquid obliuiscetur sponsa ornamenti* sui,aut uirgo fasciae pectoralis suae?

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century CE

• Origenis in Canticum Canticorum homiliae 1.1

  Hieronymis, translating from the original by Origen

  Deinde respondet ei sponsus et post sponsi eloquia, dum ille pro eius patitur salute, respondentsodales, 'donec sponsus sit in recubitu' et a passione consurgat, se quaedam sponsae 'ornamentafacturos'

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 5th century CE

• Tractatus 2.7.2

  Zeno of Verona

  Haec extrariis ornamentis ornatur; longe illa ornatior, aliunde quia nescit ornari.Haec variis unguentis et odoribus fragrat; illa unici floris sui quovis prato iucundioris caelum ipsumhonore laeto respirat.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century CE

  Date: 370

• Tractatus 2.1.6 (De iustitia)

  Zeno of Verona

  Quid, quod paupere cotidie moriente oppressione, fame, frigore, iniuria amicum tibi excolis aurum, custodis argentum, vestem pretiosam ornamentaque superba et supervacanea pro sacrosancto habes sicut idolum, te per momenta componis, dives in publico, ditior in secreto, nec intelligis, quia homini inopia morienti tantis opibus qui cum possit subvenire non subvenit, ipse eum videtur occidere? O quantarum neces animarum in phaleris pendent ornatae matronae! Ornamentum cuius unum si soluas in pretium distribuasque necessitatibus singulorum, ex eorum respiratione cognoscis, quantorum malo ille constat ornatus.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century CE

  Date: 370

• Letter 38.11

  Ambrose

  Secundum haec Petrus apostolus definivit 'non in auro et argento et indumentis feminarum esseornamentum, sed in occulto cordis homine adque abscondito'.

  Text Category: Literature: letter

  Century Range: 4th century CE

  Date: 387

• Expositio psalmi CXVIII 16.40

  Ambrose

  non dicit avarus qui auro incubat, divitiis inhiat, ornamenta desiderat, sed ille dicit qui potestdicere: argentum et aurum non habeo, quoniam non requiro, quoniam nihil mihi aurum prodest;praeceptum autem et mandatum caeleste me redemit.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century CE

• De Tobia 5.19

  Ambrose

  ponit cum lacrimis ornamenta coniux iam tristior empta carius, vendenda vilius

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century CE

• De cultu feminarum 1.5.1

  Tertullian

  Aurum et argentum, principes materiae cultus saecularis, ea sint necesse est, unde sunt, terra scilicet,plane gloriosior, quoniam in maledictorum metallorum feralibus officinis poenali opere deploratanomen terrae in igni reliquit atque exinde de tormentis in ornamenta, de suppliciis in delicias,de ignominiis in honores metalli refuga mutatur.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 3rd century CE

• Oration 89 Fragment 201 line 3

  Lysias

  Λυσίας δ᾽ ἐν τῷ περὶ τοῦ χρυσοῦ τρίποδος, εἰ γνήσιος ὁ λόγος: ‘ἀργυρώματά τε ἢ χρυσώματα ἔτι ἦν διδόναι.’ οἱ δ᾽ ἑλληνίζοντες λέγειν δεῖν φασιν ἀργυροῦν κόσμον καὶ χρυσοῦν κόσμον.’

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 5th century BCE

• Indica, Fragment 1 line 45

  Megasthenes

  ἡ δὲ γῆ πάμφορος οὖσα τοῖς ἡμέροις καρποῖς ἔχει καὶ φλέβας καταγείους πολλῶν καὶ παντοδαπῶν μετάλλων· γίνεται γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ πολὺς μὲν ἄργυρος καὶ χρυσός, οὐκ ὀλίγος δὲ χαλκὸς καὶ σίδηρος, ἔτι δὲ καττίτερος καὶ τἄλλα τὰ πρὸς κόσμον τε καὶ χρείαν καὶ πολεμικὴν παρασκευὴν ἀνήκοντα.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century BCE

• Hist. Abderita, Fragmenta, Fragment 25 line 399

  Hecataeus of Abdera

  ἀκόλουθον δὲ τῇ μεγαλοπρεπείᾳ ταύτῃ καὶ τὸν ἐν αὐτῷ κόσμον τῶν ἀναθημάτων γενέσθαι, τῇ τε δαπάνῃ θαυμαστὸν καὶ τῇ χειρουργίᾳ περιττῶς εἰργασμένον

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century BCE

• Hist. Abderita, Fragmenta, Fragment 25 line 395

  Hecataeus of Abdera

  ἀναθήμασί τε γὰρ πολλοῖς καὶ μεγάλοις ἀργυροῖς καὶ χρυσοῖς, ἔτι δ᾿ ἐλεφαντίνοις, καὶ κολοττικῶν ἀνδριάντων πλήθει, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις κατασκευαῖς μονολίθων ὀβελίσκων μηδεμίαν τῶν 2ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον οὕτω κεκοσμῆσθαι.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century BCE

• PSI 15 1514

  Unknown

  ἱερὸν κόσμον συντετελεσμέ(νον)ὑπὸ Ἀκουσιλάου τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ Νίκω̣νος Αἰγυπ̣τ̣ί̣ο̣υκαὶ λογευτοῦ ἐπιστροφηι(*) οὐ γέγον(εν)... παρὰ τὰ ὑ[πὸ]τῶν βασιλέων προστεταγμέν(α),εἰσβιασάμενος ἔνδον παρʼ ἐμοὶκαὶ διαρπάσας τοῖς θεαταῖς πολὺ τῶνκόσμων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀπεχρή-σατο... ἔστι δέ· θυμιατήρι(ον) κασι(τέρινον)(*) (δραχμῶν) ιβ,σπονδεῖον ἀργυ(ρίου) (δραχμῶν) μ, λιβανωτρίδαἀξίαν (δραχμῶν) δ, κίστην στολιστοῦθεῶν ἄξιον (δραχμῶν) ρ, ̣ ̣ ̣στολ̣ι̣με̣ν̣ ̣ (?)ἀξίαν ἀργυ(ρίου) (δραχμῶν) ζ.

  Text Category: Papyrus

  Century Range: 1st century BCE

  Date: 89-53

  Location: Egypt

• Histories 31.26.3-6

  Polybius

  συνέβαινε δὲ τὴν Αἰμιλίαν, τοῦτο γὰρ ἦν ὄνομα τῇ προειρημένῃ γυναικί, μεγαλομερῆ τὴν περίστασιν ἔχειν ἐν ταῖς γυναικείαις ἐξόδοις, ἅτε συνηκμακυῖαν τῷ βίῳ καὶ τῇ τύχῃ τῇ Σκιπίωνος· χωρὶς γὰρ τοῦ περὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ἀπήνην κόσμου καὶ τὰ κανᾶ καὶ τὰ ποτήρια καὶ τἄλλα τὰ πρὸς τὴν θυσίαν, ποτὲ μὲν ἀργυρᾶ, ποτὲ δὲ χρυσᾶ, πάντα συνεξηκολούθει κατὰ τὰς ἐπιφανεῖς ἐξόδους αὐτῇ, τό τε τῶν παιδισκῶν καὶ τὸ τῶν οἰκετῶν τῶν παρεπομένων πλῆθος ἀκόλουθον ἦν τούτοις.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 2nd century BCE

  Location: Rome

• Histories 9.10.12-13

  Polybius

  τὰ δ᾽ ἐκτὸς ὑπάρχοντα τῆς προειρημένης δυνάμεως ἦν ἐν τοῖς ἐξ ἀρχῆς τόποις ἅμα τῷ φθόνῳ καταλιπόντας ἐνδοξοτέραν ποιεῖν τὴν σφετέραν πατρίδα, μὴ γραφαῖς καὶ τύποις, ἀλλὰ σεμνότητι καὶ μεγαλοψυχίᾳ κοσμοῦντας αὐτήν. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν εἰρήσθω μοι χάριν τῶν μεταλαμβανόντων ἀεὶ τὰς δυναστείας, ἵνα μὴ σκυλεύοντες τὰς πόλεις κόσμον ὑπολαμβάνωσιν εἶναι ταῖς ἑαυτῶν πατρίσι τὰς ἀλλοτρίας συμφοράς: Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ μετακομίσαντες τὰ προειρημένα ταῖς μὲν ἰδιωτικαῖς κατασκευαῖς τοὺς αὑτῶν ἐκόσμησαν βίους, ταῖς δὲ δημοσίαις τὰ κοινὰ τῆς πόλεως.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 2nd century BCE

  Location: Rome

• Critius 116c-117a

  Plato

  τὰ δὲ δὴ τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ἐντὸς βασίλεια κατεσκευασμένα ὧδ’ ἦν. ἐν μέσῳ μὲν ἱερὸν ἅγιον αὐτόθι τῆς τε Κλειτοῦς καὶ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος ἄβατον ἀφεῖτο, περιβόλῳ χρυσῷ περιβεβλημένον, τοῦτ’ ἐν ᾧ κατ’ ἀρχὰς ἐφίτυσαν καὶ ἐγέννησαν τὸ τῶν δέκα βασιλειδῶν γένος· ἔνθα καὶ κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν ἐκ πασῶν τῶν δέκα λήξεων ὡραῖα αὐτόσε ἀπετέλουν ἱερὰ ἐκείνων ἑκάστῳ. τοῦ δὲ Ποσειδῶνος αὐτοῦ νεὼς ἦν, σταδίου μὲν μῆκος, εὖρος δὲ τρίπλεθρος, ὕψος δ’ ἐπὶ τούτοις σύμμετρον ἰδεῖν, εἶδος δέ τι βαρβαρικὸν ἔχοντος. πάντα δὲ ἔξωθεν περιήλειψαν τὸν νεὼν ἀργύρῳ, πλὴν τῶν ἀκρωτηρίων, τὰ δὲ ἀκρωτήρια χρυσῷ· τὰ δ’ ἐντός, τὴν μὲν ὀροφὴν ἐλεφαντίνην ἰδεῖν πᾶσαν χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ καὶ ὀρειχάλκῳ πεποικιλμένην, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα πάντα τῶν τοίχων τε καὶ κιόνων καὶ ἐδάφους ὀρειχάλκῳ περιέλαβον. χρυσᾶ δὲ ἀγάλματα ἐνέστησαν, τὸν μὲν θεὸν ἐφ’ ἅρματος ἑστῶτα ἓξ ὑποπτέρων ἵππων ἡνίοχον, αὐτόν τε ὑπὸ μεγέθους τῇ κορυφῇ τῆς ὀροφῆς ἐφαπτόμενον, Νηρῇδας δὲ ἐπὶ δελφίνων ἑκατὸν κύκλῳ— τοσαύτας γὰρ ἐνόμιζον αὐτὰς οἱ τότε εἶναι—πολλὰ δ’ ἐντὸς ἄλλα ἀγάλματα ἰδιωτῶν ἀναθήματα ἐνῆν. περὶ δὲ τὸν νεὼν ἔξωθεν εἰκόνες ἁπάντων ἕστασαν ἐκ χρυσοῦ, τῶν γυναικῶν καὶ αὐτῶν ὅσοι τῶν δέκα ἐγεγόνεσαν βασιλέων, καὶ πολλὰ ἕτερα ἀναθήματα μεγάλα τῶν τε βασιλέων καὶ ἰδιωτῶν ἐξ αὐτῆς τε τῆς πόλεως καὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν ὅσων ἐπῆρχον. βωμός τε δὴ συνεπόμενος ἦν τὸ μέγεθος καὶ τὸ τῆς ἐργασίας ταύτῃ τῇ κατασκευῇ, καὶ τὰ βασίλεια κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ πρέποντα μὲν τῷ τῆς ἀρχῆς μεγέθει, πρέποντα δὲ τῷ περὶ τὰ ἱερὰ κόσμῳ.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century BCE

  Date: 360

• Phaedo 110e-111a

  Plato

  τὴν δὲ γῆν αὐτὴν κεκοσμῆσθαι τούτοις τε ἅπασι καὶ ἔτι χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις αὖ τοῖς τοιούτοις.

  Text Category: Literature: prose

  Century Range: 4th century BCE

  Date: 360