Antiquities of the Jews 16.148-149

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Literature: prose
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Antiquities of the Jews 16.148-149
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Ἀντιοχεῦσι δὲ τοῖς ἐν Συρίᾳ μεγίστην πόλιν οἰκοῦσιν, ἣν κατὰ μῆκος τέμνει πλατεῖα, ταύτην αὐτὴν στοαῖς παρ’ ἑκάτερα καὶ λίθῳ τὴν ὕπαιθρον ὁδὸν ξεστῷ καταστορέσας πλεῖστον εἰς κόσμον καὶ τὴν τῶν οἰκούντων εὐχρηστίαν ὠφέλησεν. τόν γε μὴν Ὀλυμπίασιν ἀγῶνα πολὺ τῆς προσηγορίας ἀδοξότερον ὑπ’ ἀχρηματίας διατεθειμένον τιμιώτερον ἐποίει χρημάτων προσόδους καταστήσας καὶ πρὸς θυσίας καὶ τὸν ἄλλον κόσμον ἐσεμνοποίησεν τὴν πανήγυριν. διὰ δὴ ταύτην τὴν φιλοτιμίαν διηνεκὴς ἀγωνοθέτης παρὰ τοῖς Ἠλείοις ἀνεγράφη.
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Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Antioch
Olympic Games
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Cultic: Sacrifice
Visual Work: Trophy
Medium/a Ornamenting
For Antioch, the cloisters/ stoa lining each side of the street
For the games, unspecified ornaments as well as sacrifices
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Herod
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A00913
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