Antiquities of the Jews 8.63

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
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Reference
Antiquities of the Jews 8.63
Quotation
Βάλλεται μὲν οὖν τῷ ναῷ θεμελίους ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ μήκιστον τῆς γῆς βάθος ὕλης λίθων ἰσχυρᾶς καὶ πρὸς χρόνον ἀντέχειν δυναμένης, οἳ τῇ τε γῇ συμφυέντες ἔμελλον ἔδαφος καὶ ἔρεισμα τῆς ἐποικοδομησομένης κατασκευῆς ἔσεσθαι καὶ διὰ τὴν κάτωθεν ἰσχὺν οἴσειν ἀπόνως μέγεθός τε τῶν ἐπικεισομένων καὶ κάλλους πολυτέλειαν, ᾗ βάρος ἔμελλεν οὐχ ἧττον εἶναι τῶν ἄλλων ὅσα πρὸς ὕψος καὶ πρὸς ὄγκον κόσμου τε χάριν καὶ μεγαλουργίας ἐπενοεῖτο
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
The temple built by Solomon
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified but seemingly architectural elements that would be rather heavy - columns, porticoes, etc?
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Solomon
Item Identifier
A00872
Determination
Interpreted from context