Alexander 72.3

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Alexander 72.3
Quotation
τύμβον δὲ καὶ ταφὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν περὶ ταῦτα κόσμον ἀπὸ μυρίων ταλάντων ἐπιτελέσαι διανοούμενος, ὑπερβαλέσθαι δὲ τῷ φιλοτέχνῳ καὶ περιττῷ τῆς κατασκευῆς τὴν δαπάνην, ἐπόθησε μάλιστα τῶν τεχνιτῶν Στασικράτην, μεγαλουργίαν τινὰ καὶ τόλμαν καὶ κόμπον ἐν ταῖς καινοτομίαις ἐπαγ γελλόμενον.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Monument: Funerary: Tomb
Object/ Person Ornamented
Tomb of Hephaestion
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Embellishments for Hephaestion's tomb, both in construction and in visual art (mainly sculpture)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Stasicrates the artist/ sculptor
Item Identifier
A01827
Determination
Derived directly from text