De viris illustribus, 5.2.5
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- Type of Thing Ornamented
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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1st century BCE See all items with this value
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Cornelius Nepos See all items with this value
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De viris illustribus, 5.2.5
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His ex manubiis arx Athenarum, qua ad meridiem vergit, est ornata.
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Adjective See all items with this value
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Architecture: Public Space: Acropolis See all items with this value
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The Acropolis of Athens
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Military: Spoils See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
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Cultic: Monument See all items with this value
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Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
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Spoils from Thasos, unspecified; context suggests: statues, portable monuments, architectural elements such as columns
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Cimon
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The Loeb translates this as "fortified" from the idea of "furnish, equip". But given the importance of ornament of civic space for the Greek upper class, surely the sense of "ornament" with architecture etc is, at least, also in play
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A00172
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