Orations 45.32

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
142
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Author
Reference
Orations 45.32
Quotation
οὗτος ἄγει Νεῖλον ὥρᾳ θέρους, οὗτος χειμῶνος ἀνακαλεῖ, οὗτος δύο καὶ τετταράκοντα ἱερὰ κατ᾽ Αἴγυπτον, οὗτος πάντας τοὺς ἐν τῇ γῇ νεὼς συνέχει τε καὶ κοσμεῖ, φύλαξ τῶν φανερῶν καὶ τῶν ἀπορρήτων, ἡγεμὼν ἀνθρώπων καὶ δαιμόνων: καὶ ἡμῶν ἤδη μεταστρέψει τὸν λόγον πρὸς αὑτὸν, καὶ προσειποῦσιν ὥρα κατεπαύειν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temples of Osiris in Egypt
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Cultic: Object: Effigies/ Representations
Visual Work: Painting: Wall Painting
Cultic: Object: Ritual Objects
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: cult images, wall paintings, ritual objects, architecture
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Serapis
Item Identifier
A02299
Determination
Interpreted from context