On the Judaean War 5.177-180

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Literature: prose
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On the Judaean War 5.177-180
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οὔτε γὰρ πολυτελείας οὔτε κατασκευῆς τινος ἔλειπεν ὑπερβολήν, ἀλλὰ τετείχιστο μὲν ἅπασα τριάκοντα πήχεις τὸ ὕψος κύκλῳ κατ’ ἴσον διάστημα, κεκοσμημένοις δὲ πύργοις διείληπτο ἀνδρῶσί τε μεγίστοις καὶ εἰς ξενῶνας ἑκατοντακλίνους ἐν οἷς ἀδιήγητος μὲν ἡ ποικιλία τῶν λίθων ἦν, συνῆκτο γὰρ πολὺς ὁ πανταχοῦ σπάνιος, θαυμασταὶ δὲ ὀροφαὶ μήκει τε δοκῶν καὶ λαμπρότητι προκοσμημάτων, οἴκων δὲ πλῆθος καὶ διαφοραὶ σχημάτων περὶ τούτους μυρίαι, πᾶσίν γε μὴν ἀποσκευαὶ πλήρεις, καὶ τὰ πλείω τῶν ἐν ἑκάστοις κειμένων ἐξ ἀργύρου τε καὶ χρυσοῦ. 0περίστοα δὲ δι’ ἀλλήλων ἐν κύκλῳ πολλά, καὶ στῦλοι πρὸς ἑκάστῳ διάφοροι, τά γε μὴν τούτων ὕπαιθρα πάντα χλοερά,
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
noun (compound)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure
Object/ Person Ornamented
The palace of Simon, the king
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Furniture
Visual Work: Revetment
Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones
Visual Work: Gardens
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Nature
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Material: Bronze
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Medium/a Ornamenting
Mainly towers. The passage also describes ornament of large banquet halls, bed chambers, interior fittings composed of a variety of stones, ceilings with marvellous revetment, luxuriously furnished apartments, silver and gold objects, circular cloisters, varied columns, big open courts, groves, gardens, canals, ponds, bronze statues, streams
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Simon?
Item Identifier
A00948
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