Antiquities of the Jews 15.61

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Literature: prose
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Antiquities of the Jews 15.61
Quotation
τά γε μὴν εἰς τὴν πολυτέλειαν τῆς ἐκφορᾶς καὶ μᾶλλον ἐπεδείξατο, πολλὴν μὲν τὴν παρασκευὴν περί τε τὰς θήκας καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν θυμιαμάτων ποιησάμενος, πολὺν δὲ συγκαταθάπτων κόσμον, ὡς ἐκπλῆξαι τὸ λυπηρὸν τῆς ἐν ταῖς γυναιξὶν ἀλγηδόνος καὶ παραμυθήσασθαι τούτῳ τῷ μέρει.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Aristoboulos
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Vessel
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Clothing
Funerary
Medium/a Ornamenting
Funerary ornaments and spices - probably vessels, precious items, etc
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Herod
Item Identifier
A00899
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