Description of Greece 1.18.9

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 1.18.9
Quotation
Ἀδριανὸς δὲ κατεσκευάσατο μὲν καὶ ἄλλα Ἀθηναίοις, ναὸν Ἥρας καὶ Διὸς Πανελληνίου καὶ θεοῖς τοῖς πᾶσιν ἱερὸν κοινόν, τὰ δὲ ἐπιφανέστατα ἑκατόν εἰσι κίονες Φρυγίου λίθου: πεποίηνται δὲ καὶ ταῖς στοαῖς κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ οἱ τοῖχοι. καὶ οἰκήματα ἐνταῦθά ἐστιν ὀρόφῳ τε ἐπιχρύσῳ καὶ ἀλαβάστρῳ λίθῳ, πρὸς δὲ ἀγάλμασι κεκοσμημένα καὶ γραφαῖς: κατάκειται δὲ ἐς αὐτὰ βιβλία.
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
Stoa built in Phrygian marble - Library of Hadrian
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Material: Alabaster
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Revetment
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting: Panel Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gilded roof, alabaster stone (revetment?), statues, paintings
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Hadrian
Item Identifier
A00962
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Derived directly from text