Antiquities of the Jews 15.364

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Literature: prose
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Antiquities of the Jews 15.364
Quotation
σπήλαιον ἐν ὄρει περικαλλές ἐστιν, ὑπ᾽ αὐτὸ δὲ γῆς ὀλίσθημα καὶ βάθος ἀπερρωγὸς ἄβατον ὕδατος ἀκινήτου πλέον, καθύπερθε δ᾽ ὄρος παμμέγεθες, ὑπὸ δὲ τὸ σπήλαιον ἀνατέλλουσιν αἱ πηγαὶ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ποταμοῦ. τοῦτον ἐπισημότατον ὄντα τὸν τόπον καὶ τῷ ναῷ προσεκόσμησεν, ὃν ἀφιέρου Καίσαρι.
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Caves/ caverns near Panlure, in a mountain
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Building: Temple
Medium/a Ornamenting
Temple of white stone
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Herod
Item Identifier
A00907
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