On the Judaean War 5.177-180
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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1st century CE See all items with this value
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Flavius Josephus See all items with this value
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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,
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Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure See all items with this value
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The palace of Simon, the king
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Visual Work: Revetment See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Gardens See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold See all items with this value
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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
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Simon?
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A00948
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