Orations 25.5

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Orations 25.5
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τεμένη δὲ θεῶν καὶ ἱερὰ καὶ ἀγάλματα τοσαῦτα μὲν τὸ πλῆθος, τηλικαῦτα δὲ τὸ μέγεθος, τοιαῦτα δὲ τὸ κάλλος, ὥστ᾽ ἄξια εἶναι τῶν ἄλλων ἔργων χαριστήρια, καὶ ὡς μὴ εἶναι διακρῖναι τί τις αὐτῶν μᾶλλον θαυμάσειεν: ὧν γε καὶ ἓν τὸ τυχὸν ἱκανὴν ἑτέρᾳ πόλει φιλοτιμίαν εἶχεν. ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοις εἰκόνας μὲν χαλκᾶς πρὸς ἁπάσας τὰς ἐν τῇ λοιπῇ Ἑλλάδι, γραφὰς δὲ τέχνης πάσης ἄλλας ἀλλαχοῦ τῆς πόλεως ἀνακειμένας, καὶ κόσμους τοὺς μὲν μόνους ὄντας ἐνταῦθα, τοὺς δὲ καλλίστους
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Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Rhodes
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Infrastructure
Vehicle: Ship
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Material: Bronze
Visual Work: Painting
Architecture: Building
Architecture: Public Space
Medium/a Ornamenting
Harbours with docks and triremes, temples, bronze statues, paintings, other public buildings, acropolis, avenues, city walls and towers
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