Varia Historia 1.20
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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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Varia Historia 1.20
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Διονύσιος ἐξ ἁπάντων τῶν ἐν Συρακούσαις ἱερῶν ἐσύλησε τὰ χρήματα. τοῦ δὲ ἀγάλματος τοῦ Διὸς περιεῖλε τὴν ἐσθῆτα καὶ τὸν κόσμον, ὃς ἦν, φασι, χρυσίου πέντε καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα ταλάντων
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Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity See all items with this value
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Cultic: Object: Effigies/ Representations See all items with this value
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Cult statue of Zeus
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Visual Work: Clothing See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Jewellery See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Inlay See all items with this value
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Clothing and ornaments of gold - necklaces, inlays, embedded in body parts (hair, eyes), etc - totalling 85 talents
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The next passage suggests gold embedded in the hair of a statue of Apollo. Dionysius I of Syracuse loots the treasure
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A01961
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