Antiquities of the Jews 15.384

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Antiquities of the Jews 15.384
Quotation
τὰ μὲν οὖν κατὰ μέρος ἐξεργασθέντα περὶ τὴν χώραν καὶ πόλεις ὅσας ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ τοῖς ἐπικτήτοις ἐγείραντες κόσμῳ τῷ καλλίστῳ τὸ γένος ἡμῶν ηὐξήσαμεν, περίεργά μοι δοκεῖ λέγειν εἰδόσιν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
Various buildings in various cities
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified ornament, though it seems to be physical/ external - perhaps sculpture (relief or in the round) or the architectural components
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Herod
Item Identifier
A00908
Determination
Interpreted from context