Library 17.70.2, 6

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Library 17.70.2, 6
Quotation
πλουσιωτάτης δ᾽ οὔσης τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον καὶ τῶν ἰδιωτικῶν οἴκων πεπληρωμένων ἐκ πολλῶν χρόνων παντοίας εὐδαιμονίας οἱ Μακεδόνες ἐπῄεσαν τοὺς μὲν ἄνδρας πάντας φονεύοντες, τὰς δὲ κτήσεις διαρπάζοντες, πολλὰς μὲν τοῖς πλήθεσιν ὑπαρχούσας, κατασκευῆς δὲ καὶ κόσμου παντοίου γεμούσας... τὰς δὲ γυναῖκας σὺν αὐτοῖς τοῖς κόσμοις πρὸς βίαν ἀπῆγον, τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν δουλαγωγοῦντες:
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Person
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure
Object/ Person Ornamented
The houses and women of Perseopolis
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Furniture
Visual Work: Vessel
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting $ Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Clothing
Medium/a Ornamenting
Ornament of every kind. For houses, this probably includes furniture, fine vessels, sculpture, and painting. For the women, likely clothing and jewellery
Item Identifier
A00826
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Derived directly from text