Oration 1.190

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
155
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Oration 1.190
Quotation
καὶ τοῦτο μὲν βωμὸς ἐλευθερίου Διός, αὐτῷ τε τῷ θεῷ χαριστήριον καὶ τοῖς κατορθώσασιν μνημεῖον, ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ τοῦ τόπου τῶν ἔργων ἐστάθη, κοινὴν ἔχον παράκλησιν τοῖς Ἕλλησιν εἴς τε ὁμόνοιαν καὶ τὸ τῶν βαρβάρων καταφρονεῖν· τοῦτο δὲ τὸ κοινὸν τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἱερὸν τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς ἐξεκοσμήθη σὺν καλοῖς καὶ πρέπουσι τοῖς ἐπιγράμμασιν, αἵ τε πόλεις οὐ τὸν ἐξ ἀρετῆς μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν ἐκ τῆς κατασκευῆς κόσμον προσέλαβον, καὶ ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων πλοῦτος εἰς τοὺς κρείττους ἐμερίσθη
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Location: City
Object/ Person Ornamented
Shared temple (of Apollo?) at Delphi
Various Greek cities
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Cultic: Object: Votive Offerings
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Architecture: Monument
Military: Spoils
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
Noble dedications (votives, sculptures, monuments), spoils of war (possibly armour and weapons)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
league of Greeks
Item Identifier
A01368
Determination
Derived directly from text