Antiquities of the Jews 8.185

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Literature: prose
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Antiquities of the Jews 8.185
Quotation
ἐπεκόσμουν δὲ αὐτοὺς καὶ οἱ ἀναβαίνοντες νεότητι μὲν πρῶτον ἀνθοῦντες ἐπιτερπεστάτῃ τὸ δὲ ὕψος ὄντες περίοπτοι καὶ πολὺ τῶν ἄλλων ὑπερέχοντες, μηκίστας μὲν καθειμένοι χαίτας ἐνδεδυμένοι δὲ χιτῶνας τῆς Τυρίας πορφύρας. ψῆγμα δὲ χρυσοῦ καθ’ ἡμέραν αὐτῶν ἐπέσηθον ταῖς κόμαις, ὡς στίλβειν αὐτῶν τὰς κεφαλὰς τῆς αὐγῆς τοῦ χρυσοῦ πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον ἀντανακλωμένης.
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Horses
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Person
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Textile
Visual Work: Cosmetics
Medium/a Ornamenting
The riders, because they were young, with long hair, wearing Tyrian purple, and gold dust on their heads
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Their riders
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A00876
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