Antiquities of the Jews 8.63
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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1st century CE See all items with this value
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Flavius Josephus See all items with this value
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Antiquities of the Jews 8.63
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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
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Cultic: Building: Temple See all items with this value
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Architecture: Building: Temple See all items with this value
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The temple built by Solomon
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Unspecified but seemingly architectural elements that would be rather heavy - columns, porticoes, etc?
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Solomon
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A00872
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