Histories 39.6.1

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Histories 39.6.1
Quotation
Ὅτι ὁ στρατηγὸς τῶν Ῥωμαίων μετὰ τὸ χωρισθῆναι ἐξ Ἀχαΐας τὸ συνέδριον, ἐπισκευάσας τὸν ἐν Ἰσθμῷ τόπον καὶ κοσμήσας τὸν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ καὶ Δελφοῖς νεὼν ταῖς ἑξῆς ἡμέραις ἐπεπορεύετο τὰς πόλεις τιμώμενος ἐν ἑκάστῃ καὶ τυγχάνων τῆς ἁρμοζούσης χάριτος.
Part of Speech
Participle (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Cultic: temple
building/ architecture
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temples of Delphi and Olympia (of Apollo and of Zeus?)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Arms and Armour
Visual Work: Gilding
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Bronze
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Military: Spoils
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gilt shields and bronze statues of Zeus for the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Unspecified ornament for the Delphi temples but probably similar spoils (gilt objects, fine statues)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Lucius Mummius
Notes
Paus 5.10.5 - Mummius' ornaments on the temple of Zeus Olympia
Item Identifier
A02263
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Derived directly from text