Alexander 72.3
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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2nd century CE See all items with this value
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Chaeronea See all items with this value
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Plutarch See all items with this value
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Alexander 72.3
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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.
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Architecture: Monument: Funerary: Tomb See all items with this value
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Tomb of Hephaestion
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Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief See all items with this value
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Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
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Embellishments for Hephaestion's tomb, both in construction and in visual art (mainly sculpture)
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Stasicrates the artist/ sculptor
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A01827
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