Geography 14.1.22

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
1st century BCE/ 1st century CE
1st century BCE
1st century CE
Location of Display
Rome or Alexandria
Reference
Geography 14.1.22
Quotation
τὸν δὲ νεὼν τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος πρῶτος μὲν Χερσίφρων ἠρχιτεκτόνησεν, εἶτ᾽ ἄλλος ἐποίησε μείζω: ὡς δὲ τοῦτον Ἡρόστρατός τις ἐνέπρησεν, ἄλλον ἀμείνω κατεσκεύασαν συνενέγκαντες τὸν τῶν γυναικῶν κόσμον καὶ τὰς ἰδίας οὐσίας, διαθέμενοι δὲ καὶ τοὺς προτέρους κίονας:
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Ornaments from the women - jewellery and other precious objects
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The Ephesians
Item Identifier
A01035
Determination
Derived directly from text