Hiero 11.2-3

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
360
Reference
Hiero 11.2-3
Quotation
οἰκίαν πρῶτον ὑπερβαλλούσῃ δαπάνῃ κεκαλλωπισμένην μᾶλλον ἡγῇ κόσμου ἄν σοι παρέχειν ἢ πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν τείχεσί τε καὶ ναοῖς καὶ παστάσι καὶ ἀγοραῖς καὶ λιμέσι κατεσκευασμένην; ὅπλοις δὲ πότερον τοῖς ἐκπαγλοτάτοις αὐτὸς κατακεκοσμημένος δεινότερος ἂν φαίνοιο τοῖς πολεμίοις ἢ τῆς πόλεως ὅλης εὐόπλου σοι οὔσης;
Part of Speech
Noun
Participle (compound) (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Building
Location: City
Person: Ruler
Object/ Person Ornamented
The palace of Hiero
Syracuse
Hiero himself
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Architecture: Infrastructure
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
Palace of Hiero: objects of art - sculptures, paintings
Syracuse: walls, temples, market-places, harbours
Hiero: dazzling armour
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Hiero
Notes
These are hypothetical
Item Identifier
A02227
Determination
Derived directly from text