Library 13.29.2

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Reference
Library 13.29.2
Quotation
κοσμεῖν ἐψηφίσασθε δημοσίᾳ τοὺς τάφους τῶν μετηλλαχότων: καὶ τίνα καλλίονα κόσμον εὑρήσετε τοῦ κολάσαι τοὺς ἐκείνων αὐτόχειρας;
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Monument: Funerary: Tomb
Object/ Person Ornamented
Tombs of the dead
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified ornamentation, probably including sculpture, applied paint, and the architectural elements, but also figuratively the punishment of their slayers
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
People of Syracuse
Item Identifier
A00802
Determination
Interpreted from context