On the Judaean War 5.170-171

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Literature: prose
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On the Judaean War 5.170-171
Quotation
ὁ δὲ τρίτος πύργος ἡ Μαριάμμη, τοῦτο γὰρ ἡ βασιλὶς ἐκαλεῖτο, μέχρι μὲν εἴκοσι πηχῶν ναστὸς ἦν, εἴκοσι δὲ πήχεις εἰς εὖρος διέβαινε καὶ μῆκος ἴσον, πολυτελεστέραν δὲ καὶ ποικιλωτέραν τῶν ἄλλων τὴν οἴκησιν εἶχεν ἐπάνω, τοῦ βασιλέως οἰκεῖον ὑπολαβόντος τὸν ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ὀνομασθέντα κεκοσμῆσθαι πλέον ἢ τοὺς ἀπ’ ἀνδρῶν, ὥσπερ ἐκείνους τοῦ τῆς γυναικὸς ἰσχυροτέρους
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Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building
Architecture: Infrastructure
Object/ Person Ornamented
One of the towers on the wall of the new city
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Building
Architecture: Infrastructure
Medium/a Ornamenting
Magnificent and varied upper buildings, more beautiful than those that the other towers have
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Simon
Item Identifier
A00947
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