Comparison of Pericules and Fabius Maximus 13.5

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Literature: prose
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Comparison of Pericules and Fabius Maximus 13.5
Quotation
ἔργων γε μὴν μεγέθεσι καὶ ναῶν καὶ κατασκευαῖς οἰκοδομημάτων, ἐξ ὧν ἐκόσμησεν ὁ Περικλῆς τὰς Ἀθήνας, οὐκ ἄξιον ὁμοῦ πάντα τὰ πρὸ τῶν Καισάρων φιλοτιμήματα τῆς Ῥώμης παραβαλεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔξοχόν τι πρὸς ἐκεῖνα καὶ ἀσύγκριτον ἡ τούτων ἔσχε μεγαλουργία καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια τὸ πρωτεῖον.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Athens
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Architecture: Public Space
Architecture: Infrastructure
Medium/a Ornamenting
Temples, other public buildings, public works/ infrastructure
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Pericles
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A01125
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