Mithridatic Wars 7. 47

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Mithridatic Wars 7. 47
Quotation
τοσαῦτα μὲν ἡ ἐπιστολὴ περιεῖχεν, οἱ δ’ ἐβούλοντο μὲν ἐς αὐτὸν πρεσβεῦσαι, Ζηνοβίου δὲ κατακωλύοντος, ὅπλων τε ἀφῃρημένοι, καὶ παίδων σφίσι τῶν ἀρίστων ἐχομένων, στρατιᾶς τε βαρβαρικῆς τοσαύτης ἐφεστώσης, οἰμώζοντες ἔκ τε ἱερῶν κόσμους καὶ τὰ τῶν γυναικῶν πάντα ἐς τὸ πλήρωμα τῶν δισχιλίων ταλάντων συνέφερον.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temple of Chios
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Furniture
Cultic: Object: Ritual Objects
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: valuable objects in precious metals, possibly also sculpture and furniture
Item Identifier
A01052
Determination
Interpreted from context