Hist. Abderita, Fragmenta, Fragment 25 line 395

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Author
Hecataeus of Abdera
Reference
Hist. Abderita, Fragmenta, Fragment 25 line 395
Quotation
ἀναθήμασί τε γὰρ πολλοῖς καὶ μεγάλοις ἀργυροῖς καὶ χρυσοῖς, ἔτι δ᾿ ἐλεφαντίνοις, καὶ κολοττικῶν ἀνδριάντων πλήθει, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις κατασκευαῖς μονολίθων ὀβελίσκων μηδεμίαν τῶν 2ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον οὕτω κεκοσμῆσθαι.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Thebes/ Diopolis
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Cultic: Object: Votive Offerings
Visual Work: Material: Ivory
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Architecture: Monument
Medium/a Ornamenting
Votive offerings made of silver, gold, and ivory; colossal statues; large obelisks
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Kings of Egypt
Notes
Preserved in Diod. Sic. 1.46.1
Item Identifier
A02346
Determination
Derived directly from text