Life of Artaxerxes 24.6

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Life of Artaxerxes 24.6
Quotation
οὔτε γὰρ χρυσὸς οὔτε κάνδυς οὔτε ὁ τῶν μυρίων καὶ δισχιλίων ταλάντων περικείμενος ἀεὶ τῷ βασιλέως σώματι κόσμος ἐκεῖνον ἀπεκώλυε πονεῖν καὶ ταλαιπωρεῖν
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
King Artaxerxes
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing: Insignia
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold, robes of state, 12 thousand talents worth of ornament (probably jewellery and other precious objects)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
King Artaxerxes himself
Item Identifier
A01110
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Derived directly from text