Library 17.115.1-5

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Library 17.115.1-5
Quotation
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα περιετίθει τῷ περιβόλῳ παντὶ κόσμον… τὸ δ᾽ ὕψος ἦν ὅλου τοῦ κατασκευάσματος πήχεις πλείους τῶν ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα. καθόλου δὲ τῶν τε ἡγεμόνων καὶ τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἁπάντων καὶ τῶν πρέσβεων, ἔτι δὲ τῶν ἐγχωρίων φιλοτιμηθέντων εἰς τὸν τῆς ἐκφορᾶς κόσμον φασὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἀναλωθέντων χρημάτων γεγονέναι πλείω τῶν μυρίων καὶ δισχιλίων ταλάντων
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Enclosure of Hephaistion's pyre
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Trophy
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Textile
Visual Work: Materials: Precious Metals: Gold
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
240 golden prows from quinqueremes; sculptures of kneeling archers, Sirens, armed male figures, animals pursued by hunters; gilded statues of lions, bulls, and centauromachy; Macedonian and Persian arms
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Alexander, his general and soldiers and envoys, and natives
Item Identifier
A00837
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