MDAI(A) 32 (1907) 257,8

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Text Category
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
second quarter
Location of Display
Reference
MDAI(A) 32 (1907) 257,8
Quotation
εἰς [τὴν τῆς — —c.12-13— —]ς πόλεως εὐεργεσίαν διηκόντων καὶ στεφανω[θ]ῆναι αὐ- [τὸν χρυσῷ σ]τεφάνῳ ἀριστείῳ, κατασκευασθῆναι δὲ αὐτῶι ἐν τῶι τ̣ῶν νέ- [ων γυμνασ]ί̣ωι καὶ ἐξέδραν, εἰσπορευομένων ἀπὸ τοῦ σκιακοῦ ὡρολογ[ί]ο̣υ [εἰς τὴν σ]τοὰν καθ’ ὃν τόπον ἐστὶν ὁ πρῶτος οἶκος, ὑπεγλυθέντος τ̣οῦ τοίχου [καὶ ἀντε]νσταθέντων τῶν τε κιόνων καὶ τῶν παραστάδων μαρμ̣α̣ρίνων, ὁ- [μοίως δ]ὲ καὶ τοῦ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν κόσμου καὶ τῆς εὐθυντηρίας, ἀπογραφε̣ί̣ση̣ς καὶ [τῆς ὀροφῆς] καὶ γενομένου ἐν αὐτῶι(!) θωρακείου τῆς αὐτῆ̣ς λ̣[ιθείας], ἐγδ̣[ό]- [σεως αὐ]τῆς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἔργων γενομένης καθ’ ἣν ἀντανῄρηται δια- [γραφὴν ὁ ἀρχιτέ]κτων... καὶ ἐπεὶ τοῦ τῶν νέων γυμνασίου κατεφθαρμένου τελείως γενόμενος καθάπερ εἴ τις δεύτερος κτίστης, προενόησεν φιλοτιμότατα τοῦ τε περὶ αὐτὸ κόσμου καὶ τῆς ἐπιθ[ε]- ραπείας καὶ ἐπισκευῆς αὐτοῦ πλειόνων χρημάτων... τα δὲ καὶ τοῦ περὶ τὸ γυμνά̣σ̣ιον κόσ[μου ἀναδεξάμενος ἀνά[λω]- 65 μα,
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Architecture: Architectural Element
Object/ Person Ornamented
Doorposts, columns, plinth, and ceiling of an exedra built for Diodoros by the demos
also, the gymnasium of the youths itself
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Painting: Wall Painting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Revetment
Visual Work: Inlay
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified ornament in marble (possibly revetment, sculpture, or inlay) as well as, paintings (ceiling)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The demos
Diodoros Pasparos
Bibliography
Brennan 2009: 171-174
Genovese 2011
Item Identifier
A00504
Determination
Interpreted from context