Civil Wars 5.1.6
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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2nd century CE See all items with this value
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Civil Wars 5.1.6
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οἱ δὲ Ἕλληνες ἔτι λέγοντος αὐτοῦ ταῦτα ἐρρίπτουν ἑαυτοὺς ἐς τὸ ἔδαφος, ἀνάγκην καὶ βίαν ἐς αὑτοὺς ἐκ Βρούτου καὶ Κασσίου γενομένας ἐπιλέγοντες οὐκ ἐπιτιμίων ἀξίας εἶναι, ἀλλ’ ἐλέου, δόντες δ’ ἂν τοῖς εὐεργέταις ἑκόντες ἀπορεῖν διὰ τοὺς πολεμίους, οἷς οὐ τὰ χρήματα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ σκεύη καὶ τοὺς κόσμους ἐσενεγκεῖν ἀντὶ τῶν χρημάτων, τοὺς δὲ αὐτὰ παρὰ σφίσιν ἐς νόμισμα χαλκεῦσαι.
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Greeks at Ephesus
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Visual Work: Vessel See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals See all items with this value
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Cultic: Object: Ritual Objects See all items with this value
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Unspecified; context suggests: objects in gold and silver, possibly ritual objects and vessels
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They are stripped of the ornaments by Brutus and Cassius
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A01068
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Interpreted from context