Antiquities of the Jews 12.231

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Reference
Antiquities of the Jews 12.231
Quotation
ἔπειτα οἴκους ἐν αὐτῇ τοὺς μὲν εἰς συμπόσια τοὺς δ’ εἰς ὕπνον καὶ δίαιταν ἐποίησεν, ὑδάτων δὲ διαθεόντων πλῆθος, ἃ καὶ τέρψις ἦν καὶ κόσμος τῆς αὐλῆς, εἰσήγαγεν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure: Interior
Object/ Person Ornamented
A court of a castle built by Hyrcanus, which had many caves and rooms
Medium/a Ornamenting
Various waters - seemingly in canals around the rooms
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Hyrcanus
Item Identifier
A00887
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Derived directly from text