Orationes 2.35

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Reference
Orationes 2.35
Quotation
τῷ παντὶ γὰρ κρείττων οὗτος κόσμος τῶν ἱερῶν ἢ σμαράγδων καὶ σαρδίων καὶ ὀνύχων, οἷος ἦν ὁ Σαρδαναπάλλου περὶ Νίνον.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Location: City
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Sacred places/ temples
Nineveh
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Spoils
Military: Arms and Armour
Visual Work: Material: Jasper
Visual Work: Material: Carnelian
Visual Work: Material: Onyx
Medium/a Ornamenting
Temple: spoils and armour
Nineveh: Jasper, carnelian, onyx
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
A king should adorn the temple
Sardanapallus adorned Nineveh
Item Identifier
A01308
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