1. Homer, Iliad, 1.528-1.530 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 242 | 1.528. / no word of mine may be recalled, nor is false, nor unfulfilled, to which I bow my head. The son of Cronos spoke, and bowed his dark brow in assent, and the ambrosial locks waved from the king's immortal head; and he made great Olympus quake. 1.529. / no word of mine may be recalled, nor is false, nor unfulfilled, to which I bow my head. The son of Cronos spoke, and bowed his dark brow in assent, and the ambrosial locks waved from the king's immortal head; and he made great Olympus quake. 1.530. / |
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| 2. Euripides, Alcestis, 788-791 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Marek (2019) 170 |
3. Plato, Timaeus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 261| 22b. καὶ Πύρρας ὡς διεγένοντο μυθολογεῖν, καὶ τοὺς ἐξ αὐτῶν γενεαλογεῖν, καὶ τὰ τῶν ἐτῶν ὅσα ἦν οἷς ἔλεγεν πειρᾶσθαι διαμνημονεύων τοὺς χρόνους ἀριθμεῖν· καί τινα εἰπεῖν τῶν ἱερέων εὖ μάλα παλαιόν· ὦ Σόλων, Σόλων, Ἕλληνες ἀεὶ παῖδές ἐστε, γέρων δὲ Ἕλλην οὐκ ἔστιν. ἀκούσας οὖν, πῶς τί τοῦτο λέγεις; φάναι. νέοι ἐστέ, εἰπεῖν, τὰς ψυχὰς πάντες· οὐδεμίαν γὰρ ἐν αὐταῖς ἔχετε διʼ ἀρχαίαν ἀκοὴν παλαιὰν δόξαν οὐδὲ μάθημα χρόνῳ πολιὸν οὐδέν. τὸ | 22b. and by recounting the number of years occupied by the events mentioned he tried to calculate the periods of time. Whereupon one of the priests, a prodigiously old man, said, O Solon, Solon, you Greeks are always children: there is not such a thing as an old Greek. And on hearing this he asked, What mean you by this saying? And the priest replied, You are young in soul, every one of you. For therein you possess not a single belief that is ancient and derived from old tradition, nor yet one science that is hoary with age. |
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| 4. Xenophon, Hellenica, 4.1 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •persia/persians, art and architecture Found in books: Marek (2019) 171 |
5. Polybius, Histories, 30.10.6 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 242| 30.10.6. Λεύκιος Αἰμίλιος παρῆν εἰς τὸ τέμενος τὸ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ, καὶ τὸ ἄγαλμα θεασάμενος ἐξεπλάγη καὶ τοσοῦτον εἶπεν ὅτι μόνος αὐτῷ δοκεῖ Φειδίας τὸν παρʼ Ὁμήρῳ Δία μεμιμῆσθαι, διότι μεγάλην ἔχων προσδοκίαν τῆς Ὀλυμπίας μείζω τῆς προσδοκίας εὑρηκὼς εἴη τὴν ἀλήθειαν. — | 30.10.6. Lucius Aemilius visited the temple in Olympia, and when he saw the statue of Zeus was awestruck, and said simply that Pheidias seemed to him to have been the only artist who had made a likeness of Homer's Zeus; for he himself had come to Olympia with high expectations but the reality had far surpassed his expectations. State of Aetolia (Cp. Livy XLV.28.6) |
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| 6. Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino, 26 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 260 |
| 7. Cicero, In Verrem, 2.1.47, 2.1.50, 2.3.209-2.3.210, 2.4.122, 2.4.127-2.4.130 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 241, 242, 261, 262 |
| 8. Cicero, Letters To His Friends, 6.3.3 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 258 |
| 9. Cicero, On Duties, 5.2, 5.5 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 258 |
| 10. Cicero, On Laws, 2.27 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 261 |
11. Cicero, On The Ends of Good And Evil, 5.2, 5.5 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 258| 5.2. tum Piso: Naturane nobis hoc, inquit, datum dicam an errore quodam, ut, cum ea loca videamus, in quibus memoria dignos viros acceperimus multum esse versatos, magis moveamur, quam si quando eorum ipsorum aut facta audiamus aut scriptum aliquod aliquid R legamus? velut ego nunc moveor. venit enim mihi Platonis in mentem, quem accepimus primum hic disputare solitum; cuius etiam illi hortuli propinqui propinqui hortuli BE non memoriam solum mihi afferunt, sed ipsum videntur in conspectu meo ponere. hic Speusippus, hic Xenocrates, hic eius auditor Polemo, cuius illa ipsa sessio fuit, quam videmus. Equidem etiam curiam nostram—Hostiliam dico, non hanc novam, quae minor mihi esse esse mihi B videtur, posteaquam est maior—solebam intuens Scipionem, Catonem, Laelium, nostrum vero in primis avum cogitare; tanta vis admonitionis inest in locis; ut non sine causa ex iis memoriae ducta sit disciplina. 5.5. Tum Piso: Quoniam igitur aliquid omnes, quid Lucius noster? inquit. an eum locum libenter libenter diligenter R invisit, ubi Demosthenes et Aeschines inter se decertare soliti sunt? suo enim quisque enim unus quisque BE studio maxime ducitur. Et ille, cum erubuisset: Noli, inquit, ex me quaerere, qui in Phalericum etiam descenderim, quo in loco ad fluctum aiunt declamare solitum Demosthenem, ut fremitum assuesceret voce vincere. modo etiam paulum ad dexteram dextram RN de via declinavi, ut ad Pericli ad Pericli Gz. apicii R ad pericii BE ad peridis ( corr. in periclis) N ad periculis V sepulcrum sepulchrum BEV accederem. quamquam id quidem infinitum est in hac urbe; quacumque enim ingredimur, in aliqua historia vestigium ponimus. | 5.2. Thereupon Piso remarked: "Whether it is a natural instinct or a mere illusion, I can't say; but one's emotions are more strongly aroused by seeing the places that tradition records to have been the favourite resort of men of note in former days, than by hearing about their deeds or reading their writings. My own feelings at the present moment are a case in point. I am reminded of Plato, the first philosopher, so we are told, that made a practice of holding discussions in this place; and indeed the garden close at hand yonder not only recalls his memory but seems to bring the actual man before my eyes. This was the haunt of Speusippus, of Xenocrates, and of Xenocrates' pupil Polemo, who used to sit on the very seat we see over there. For my own part even the sight of our senate-house at home (I mean the Curia Hostilia, not the present new building, which looks to my eyes smaller since its enlargement) used to call up to me thoughts of Scipio, Cato, Laelius, and chief of all, my grandfather; such powers of suggestion do places possess. No wonder the scientific training of the memory is based upon locality." 5.5. "Well, then," said Piso, "as we all have some association that appeals to us, what is it that interests our young friend Lucius? Does he enjoy visiting the spot where Demosthenes and Aeschines used to fight their battles? For we are all specially influenced by our own favourite study." "Pray don't ask me," answer Lucius with a blush; "I have actually made a pilgrimage down to the Bay of Phalerum, where they say Demosthenes used to practise declaiming on the beach, to learn to pitch his voice so as to overcome an uproar. Also only just now I turned off the road a little way on the right, to visit the tomb of Pericles. Though in fact there is no end to it in this city; wherever we go we tread historic ground." |
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| 12. Augustus, Res Gestae Divi Augusti, 21 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •ideological approach to art and architecture •political approach to art and architecture Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 334 |
13. Dionysius of Halycarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 1.79.11 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 262 | 1.79.11. But their life was that of herdsmen, and they lived by their own labour, generally upon the mountains in huts which they built, roofs and all, out of sticks and reeds. One of these, called the hut of Romulus, remained even to my day on the flank of the Palatine hill which faces towards the Circus, and it is preserved holy by those who have charge of these matters; they add nothing to it to render it more stately, but if any part of it is injured, either by storms or by the lapse of time, they repair the damage and restore the hut as nearly as possible to its former condition. |
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14. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 16.89.1 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •persia/persians, art and architecture Found in books: Marek (2019) 173 | 16.89.1. When Phrynichus was archon at Athens, the Romans installed as consuls Titus Manlius Torquatus and Publius Decius. In this year King Philip, proudly conscious of his victory at Chaeroneia and seeing that he had dashed the confidence of the leading Greek cities, conceived of the ambition to become the leader of all Greece. |
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| 15. Horace, Carmen Saeculare, 65 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •ideological approach to art and architecture •political approach to art and architecture Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 311 |
| 16. Horace, Odes, 1.4.13-1.4.14, 3.29.10, 3.30.1-3.30.2, 4.2.5-4.2.8, 4.2.27-4.2.32 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264, 314, 315, 316 |
| 17. Horace, Letters, 2.1.22-2.1.27, 2.1.34, 2.1.54, 2.1.63-2.1.65, 2.1.76-2.1.78, 2.1.90-2.1.92 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 261, 262 |
| 18. Propertius, Elegies, 2.31.5-2.31.16, 3.2.19-3.2.26, 3.9.49, 4.4.35 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •religions, roman, religious responses to art and architecture •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 236, 314, 316 |
| 19. Horace, Epodes, 9.3 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 316 |
| 20. Sallust, Catiline, 12.3 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 262 |
21. Livy, History, 34.4.4-34.4.5, 43.13.2, 45.27-45.28, 45.28.5 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •religions, roman, religious responses to art and architecture •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 239, 242, 261| 43.13.2. ceterum et mihi vetustas res scribenti nescio quo pacto anticus fit animus, et quaedam religio tenet, quae illi prudentissimi viri publice suscipienda censuerint, ea pro indignis habere, quae in meos annales referam. 45.28.5. ubi et alia quidem spectanda ei visa: Iovem velut praesentem intuens motus animo est. itaque haud secus, quam si in Capitolio immolaturus esset, sacrificium amplius solito apparari iussit. | |
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22. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 5.328-5.329 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264| 5.328. quo tot facta virum totiens cecidere neque usquam 5.329. aeternis famae monimentis insita florent? | |
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| 23. Tibullus, Elegies, 2.1 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 240 |
24. Ovid, Amores, 3.1.1-3.1.2, 3.13.7-3.13.10 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 240| 3.1.1. Stat vetus et multos incaedua silva per annos; 3.1.2. Credibile est illi numen inesse loco. 3.13.7. Stat vetus et densa praenubilus arbore lucus; 3.13.8. Adspice — concedas numen inesse loco. 3.13.9. Accipit ara preces votivaque tura piorum — 3.13.10. Ara per antiquas facta sine arte manus. | |
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| 25. Ovid, Epistulae (Heroides), 16.179-16.182 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 319 |
26. Ovid, Fasti, 1.7, 1.209-1.210, 1.223-1.226, 2.61, 4.11, 4.861 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 261, 264, 315| 1.7. sacra recognosces annalibus eruta priscis, 1.209. at postquam fortuna loci caput extulit huius, 1.210. et tetigit summos vertice Roma deos, 1.223. nos quoque templa iuvant, quamvis antiqua probemus, 1.224. aurea: maiestas convenit ista deo. 1.225. laudamus veteres, sed nostris utimur annis: 1.226. mos tamen est aeque dignus uterque coli.’ 2.61. sub quo delubris sentitur nulla senectus; 4.11. tempora cum causis annalibus eruta priscis 4.861. et quotiens steteris domito sublimis in orbe, | 1.7. Here you’ll revisit the sacred rites in the ancient texts, 1.209. But ever since Fortune, here, has raised her head, 1.210. And Rome has brushed the heavens with her brow, 1.223. We too delight in golden temples, however much 1.224. We approve the antique: such splendour suits a god. 1.225. We praise the past, but experience our own times: 1.226. Yet both are ways worthy of being cultivated.’ 2.61. Under whose rule the shrines are untouched by age: 4.11. From ancient texts I sing the days and reasons, 4.861. May all others fail to reach your shoulders. |
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27. Seneca The Elder, Controversies, 10.5.8 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 240| 10.5.8. Sparsi. Si ad succurrendum profectus es, queror quod unum emisti, si ad torquendum, queror quod ullum . Vtinam, Philippe, auctionem cum exceptione fecisses: ne quis Atheniensis emeret. Non uidit Phidias Iouem, fecit tamen uelut totem; nec stetit ante oculos eius Minerua, dignus tamen illa arte animus et concepit deos et exhibuit. Quid facturi sumus si bellum uolueris pingere? diuersas uirorum statuemus acies et in mutua uulnera armabimus manus? uictos sequentur uictores? reuertentur cruenti ? ne Parrhasii manus temere ludat coloribus, internecione humana emendum est? | |
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| 28. Juvenal, Satires, 3.17-3.20, 11.111 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •religions, roman, religious responses to art and architecture •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 239, 240 |
| 29. Martial, Epigrams, 5.10.5-5.10.6, 7.56, 8.80.5-8.80.8 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •ideological approach to art and architecture •political approach to art and architecture Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 262, 263, 353 |
| 30. Martial, Epigrams, 5.10.5-5.10.6, 7.56, 8.80.5-8.80.8 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •ideological approach to art and architecture •political approach to art and architecture Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 262, 263, 353 |
31. Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, 28.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 242| 28.2. ἐπιὼν γὰρ ἀνελάμβανε τοὺς δήμους καὶ τὰ πολιτεύματα καθίστατο, καὶ δωρεὰς ἐδίδου, ταῖς μὲν σῖτον ἐκ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ, ταὶς δʼ ἔλαιον. | 28.2. For in his progress he restored the popular governments and established their civil polities; he also gave gifts to the cities, to some grain from the royal stores, to others oil. |
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| 32. Pliny The Elder, Natural History, 3.67, 8.76, 36.25, 36.101-36.102 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •persia/persians, art and architecture •religions, roman, religious responses to art and architecture •ideological approach to art and architecture •political approach to art and architecture Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 236, 315, 334; Marek (2019) 164 |
| 33. Quintilian, Institutes of Oratory, 12.10.9 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 240, 241 |
| 34. Tacitus, Histories, 5.53 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •ideological approach to art and architecture •political approach to art and architecture Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 317 |
| 35. Dio Chrysostom, Orations, 25-26, 44, 47, 51, 54, 59-61, 74, 52 (1st cent. CE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 241 |
| 36. Seneca The Younger, De Consolatione Ad Helviam, 12.3 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •religions, roman, religious responses to art and architecture Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 239 |
| 37. Silius Italicus, Punica, 3.622-3.624, 14.653-14.654, 14.662-14.663 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 242, 316 |
| 38. Statius, Siluae, 1.1.32-1.1.35, 3.4.47-3.4.49, 4.1.5-4.1.8 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 315, 316 |
| 39. Statius, Thebais, 4.32 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 261 |
| 40. Suetonius, Augustus, 28.3 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264 |
41. Tacitus, Annals, 2.61, 2.64, 2.88 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 261, 314, 337| 2.61. Ceterum Germanicus aliis quoque miraculis intendit animum, quorum praecipua fuere Memnonis saxea effigies, ubi radiis solis icta est, vocalem sonum reddens, disiectasque inter et vix pervias arenas instar montium eductae pyramides certamine et opibus regum, lacusque effossa humo, superfluentis Nili receptacula; atque alibi angustiae et profunda altitudo, nullis inquirentium spatiis penetrabilis. exim ventum Elephantinen ac Syenen, claustra olim Romani imperii, quod nunc rubrum ad mare patescit. 2.64. Simul nuntiato regem Artaxian Armeniis a Germanico datum, decrevere patres ut Germanicus atque Drusus ovantes urbem introirent. structi et arcus circum latera templi Martis Vltoris cum effigie Caesarum, laetiore Tiberio quia pacem sapientia firmaverat quam si bellum per acies confecisset. igitur Rhescuporim quoque, Thraeciae regem, astu adgreditur. omnem eam nationem Rhoemetalces tenuerat; quo defuncto Augustus partem Thraecum Rhescuporidi fratri eius, partem filio Cotyi permisit. in ea divisione arva et urbes et vicina Graecis Cotyi, quod incultum ferox adnexum hostibus, Rhescuporidi cessit: ipsorumque regum ingenia, illi mite et amoenum, huic atrox avidum et societatis impatiens erat. sed primo subdola concordia egere: mox Rhescuporis egredi finis, vertere in se Cotyi data et resistenti vim facere, cunctanter sub Augusto, quem auctorem utriusque regni, si sperneretur, vindicem metuebat. enimvero audita mutatione principis immittere latronum globos, excindere castella, causas bello. 2.88. Reperio apud scriptores senatoresque eorundem temporum Adgandestrii principis Chattorum lectas in senatu litteras, quibus mortem Arminii promittebat si patrandae neci venenum mitteretur, responsumque esse non fraude neque occultis, sed palam et armatum populum Romanum hostis suos ulcisci. qua gloria aequabat se Tiberius priscis imperatoribus qui venenum in Pyrrum regem vetuerant prodiderantque. ceterum Arminius abscedentibus Romanis et pulso Maroboduo regnum adfectans libertatem popularium adversam habuit, petitusque armis cum varia fortuna certaret, dolo propinquorum cecidit: liberator haud dubie Germaniae et qui non primordia populi Romani, sicut alii reges ducesque, sed florentissi- mum imperium lacessierit, proeliis ambiguus, bello non victus. septem et triginta annos vitae, duodecim potentiae explevit, caniturque adhuc barbaras apud gentis, Graecorum annalibus ignotus, qui sua tantum mirantur, Romanis haud perinde celebris, dum vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi. | 2.61. But other marvels, too, arrested the attention of Germanicus: in especial, the stone colossus of Memnon, which emits a vocal sound when touched by the rays of the sun; the pyramids reared mountain high by the wealth of emulous kings among wind-swept and all but impassable sands; the excavated lake which receives the overflow of Nile; and, elsewhere, narrow gorges and deeps impervious to the plummet of the explorer. Then he proceeded to Elephantine and Syene, once the limits of the Roman Empire, which now stretches to the Persian Gulf. 2.64. As news had come at the same time that Germanicus had presented the throne of Armenia to Artaxias, the senate resolved that he and Drusus should receive an ovation upon entering the capital. In addition, arches bearing the effigy of the two Caesars were erected on each side of the temple of Mars the Avenger; while Tiberius showed more pleasure at having kept the peace by diplomacy than if he had concluded a war by a series of stricken fields. Accordingly, he now brought his cunning to bear against Rhescuporis, the king of Thrace. The whole of that country had been subject to Rhoemetalces; after whose death Augustus conferred one half on his brother Rhescuporis, the other on his son Cotys. By this partition the agricultural lands, the town, and the districts adjoining the Greek cities fell to Cotys; the remainder, â a sterile soil, a wild population, with enemies at the very door, â to Rhescuporis. So, too, with the character of the kings: one was gentle and genial; the other, sullen, grasping, and intolerant of partnership. At the first, however, they acted with a deceptive show of concord; then Rhescuporis began to overstep his frontiers, to appropriate districts allotted to Cotys, and to meet opposition with force: hesitantly during the lifetime of Augustus, whom he feared as the creator of both kingdoms and, if slighted, their avenger. The moment, however, that he heard of the change of sovereigns, he began to throw predatory bands across the border, to demolish fortresses, and to sow the seeds of war. 2.88. I find from contemporary authors, who were members of the senate, that a letter was read in the curia from the Chattan chief Adgandestrius, promising the death of Arminius, if poison were sent to do the work; to which the reply went back that "it was not by treason nor in the dark but openly and in arms that the Roman people took vengeance on their foes": a high saying intended to place Tiberius on a level with the old commanders who prohibited, and disclosed, the offer to poison King Pyrrhus. Arminius himself, encouraged by the gradual retirement of the Romans and the expulsion of Maroboduus, began to aim at kingship, and found himself in conflict with the independent temper of his countrymen. He was attacked by arms, and, while defending himself with chequered results, fell by the treachery of his relatives. Undoubtedly the liberator of Germany; a man who, not in its infancy as captains and kings before him, but in the high noon of its sovereignty, threw down the challenge to the Roman nation, in battle with ambiguous results, in war without defeat; he completed thirty-seven years of life, twelve of power, and to this day is sung in tribal lays, though he is an unknown being to Greek historians, who admire only the history of Greece, and receives less than his due from us of Rome, who glorify the ancient days and show little concern for our own. |
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| 42. Suetonius, Nero, 31.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •ideological approach to art and architecture •political approach to art and architecture Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 353 |
| 43. Athenaeus, The Learned Banquet, None (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •persia/persians, art and architecture Found in books: Marek (2019) 170 |
| 44. Aelius Aristides, Orations, 48.41 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 240 |
45. Philostratus The Athenian, Life of Apollonius, 4.28 (2nd cent. CE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 240| 4.28. ἰδὼν δὲ ἐς τὸ ἕδος τὸ ἐν ̓Ολυμπίᾳ “χαῖρε,” εἶπεν “ἀγαθὲ Ζεῦ, σὺ γὰρ οὕτω τι ἀγαθός, ὡς καὶ σαυτοῦ κοινωνῆσαι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.” ἐξηγήσατο δὲ καὶ τὸν χαλκοῦν Μίλωνα καὶ τὸν λόγον τοῦ περὶ αὐτὸν σχήματος. ὁ γὰρ Μίλων ἑστάναι μὲν ἐπὶ δίσκου δοκεῖ τὼ πόδε ἄμφω συμβεβηκώς, ῥόαν δὲ ξυνέχει τῇ ἀριστερᾷ, ἡ δεξιὰ δέ, ὀρθοὶ τῆς χειρὸς ἐκείνης οἱ δάκτυλοι καὶ οἷον διείροντες. οἱ μὲν δὴ κατ' ̓Ολυμπίαν τε καὶ ̓Αρκαδίαν λόγοι τὸν ἀθλητὴν ἱστοροῦσι τοῦτον ἄτρεπτον γενέσθαι καὶ μὴ ἐκβιβασθῆναί ποτε τοῦ χώρου, ἐν ᾧ ἔστη, δηλοῦσθαι δὲ τὸ μὲν ἀπρὶξ τῶν δακτύλων ἐν τῇ ξυνοχῇ τῆς ῥόας, τὸ δὲ μηδ' ἂν σχισθῆναί ποτ' ἀπ' ἀλλήλων αὐτούς, εἴ τις πρὸς ἕνα αὐτῶν ἁμιλλῷτο, τῷ τὰς διαφυὰς ἐν ὀρθοῖς τοῖς δακτύλοις εὖ ξυνηρμόσθαι, τὴν ταινίαν δέ, ἣν ἀναδεῖται, σωφροσύνης ἡγοῦνται ξύμβολον. ὁ δὲ ̓Απολλώνιος σοφῶς μὲν εἶπεν ἐπινενοῆσθαι ταῦτα, σοφώτερα δὲ εἶναι τὰ ἀληθέστερα. “ὡς δὲ γιγνώσκοιτε τὸν νοῦν τοῦ Μίλωνος, Κροτωνιᾶται τὸν ἀθλητὴν τοῦτον ἱερέα ἐστήσαντο τῆς ̔́Ηρας. τὴν μὲν δὴ μίτραν ὅ τι χρὴ νοεῖν, τί ἂν ἐξηγοίμην ἔτι, μνημονεύσας ἱερέως ἀνδρός; ἡ ῥόα δὲ μόνη φυτῶν τῇ ̔́Ηρᾳ φύεται, ὁ δὲ ὑπὸ τοῖς ποσὶ δίσκος, ἐπὶ ἀσπιδίου βεβηκὼς ὁ ἱερεὺς τῇ ̔́Ηρᾳ εὔχεται, τουτὶ δὲ καὶ ἡ δεξιὰ σημαίνει, τὸ δὲ ἔργον τῶν δακτύλων καὶ τὸ μήπω διεστὼς τῇ ἀρχαίᾳ ἀγαλματοποιίᾳ προσκείσθω.” | 4.28. And looking at the statue set up at Olympia, he said: Hail, O thou good Zeus, for thou art so good that thou dost impart thine own nature unto mankind. And he also gave them an account of the brazen statue of Milo and explained the attitude of this figure. For this Milo is seen standing on a disk with his two feet close together, and in his left hand he grasps a pomegranate, whole of his right hand the fingers are extended and pressed together as if to pass through a chink. Now among the people of Olympia and Arcadia the story told about this athlete is, that he was so inflexible that he could never be induced to leave the spot on which he stood; and they infer the grip of the clenched fingers from the way he grasps the pomegranate, and that they could never be separated from another, however much you struggled with any one of them, because the intervals between the extended fingers are very close; and they say that the fillet with which his head is bound is a symbol of temperance and sobriety. Apollonius while admitting that this account was wisely conceived, said that the truth was still wiser. In order that you may know, said he, the meaning of the statue of Milo, the people of Croton made this athlete a priest of Hera. As to the meaning then of this mitre, I need not explain it further than by reminding you that the hero was a priest. But the pomegranate is the only fruit which is grown in honor of Hera; and the disk beneath his feet means that the priest is standing on a small shield to offer his prayer to Hera; and this is also indicated by his right hand. As for the artist's rendering the fingers and feet, between which he has left no interval, that you may ascribe to the antique style of the sculpture. |
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46. Ammianus Marcellinus, History, 16.10.13-16.10.15, 16.14 (4th cent. CE - 4th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 263, 337 | 16.10.13. So then he entered Rome, the home of empire and of every virtue, and when he had come to the Rostra, the most renowned forum of ancient dominion, he stood amazed; and on every side on which his eyes rested he was dazzled by the array of marvellous sights. He addressed the nobles in the senate-house and the populace from the tribunal, and being welcomed to the palace with manifold attentions, he enjoyed a longed-for pleasure; and on several occasions, when holding equestrian games, he took delight in the sallies of the commons, who were neither presumptuous nor regardless of their old-time freedom, while he himself also respectfully observed the due mean. 16.10.14. For he did not (as in the case of other cities) permit the contests to be terminated at his own discretion, but left them (as the custom is) to various chances. Then, as he surveyed the sections of the city and its suburbs, lying within the summits of the seven hills, along their slopes, or on level ground, he thought that whatever first met his gaze towered above all the rest: the sanctuaries of Tarpeian Jove so far surpassing as things divine excel those of earth; the baths built up to the measure of provinces; the huge bulk of the amphitheatre, strengthened by its framework of Tiburtine stone, Travertine. to whose top human eyesight barely ascends; the Pantheon like a rounded city-district, Regio here refers to one of the regions, or districts, into which the city was divided. vaulted over in lofty beauty; and the exalted heights which rise with platforms to which one may mount, and bear the likenesses of former emperors; The columns of Trajan, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. The platform at the top was reached by a stairway within the column. the Temple of the City, The double temple of Venus and Roma, built by Hadriian and dedicated in A.D. 135 the Forum of Peace, The Forum Pacis, or Vespasiani, was begun by Vespasian in A.D. 71, after the taking of Jerusalem, and dedicated in 75. It lay behind the basilica Aemilia. the Theatre of Pompey, Built in 55 B.C. in the Campus Martius. the Oleum, A building for musical performances, erected by Domitian, probably near his Stadium. the Stadium, The Stadium of Domitian in the Campus Martius, the shape and size of which is almost exactly preserved by the modern Piazza Navona. and amongst these the other adornments of the Eternal City. 16.10.15. But when he came to the Forum of Trajan, a construction unique under the heavens, as we believe, and admirable even in the uimous opinion of the gods, he stood fast in amazement, turning his attention to the gigantic complex about him, beggaring description and never again to be imitated by mortal men. Therefore abandoning all hope of attempting anything like it, he said that he would and could copy Trajan’s steed alone, which stands in the centre of the vestibule, carrying the emperor himself. |
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| 47. Arch., Att., 9.9.2 Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 261 |
| 48. Augustus, Tam, None Tagged with subjects: •persia/persians, art and architecture Found in books: Marek (2019) 168 |
| 49. Pliny The Elder, Ep., 36.30 Tagged with subjects: •persia/persians, art and architecture Found in books: Marek (2019) 170 |
50. Vergil, Aeneis, 4.86, 4.88-4.89, 6.850, 7.160-7.161, 7.170-7.172, 8.99, 8.107, 8.115, 8.554 Tagged with subjects: •aesthetic approach to art and architecture •architecture and art, aesthetic approach •art and architecture, aesthetic approach •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 262, 315, 316, 319 | 4.86. and poured it full between the lifted horns 4.88. he strode among the richly laden shrines, 4.89. the eyes of gods upon her, worshipping 6.850. of laurel groves; and hence to earth outpours 7.160. This was our fated hunger! This last proof 7.161. will end our evil days. Up, then! For now 7.170. eldest of names divine; the Nymphs he called, 7.171. and river-gods unknown; his voice invoked 7.172. the night, the omen-stars through night that roll. 8.99. whence flowing rills be born, and chiefly thou, 8.107. O chief and sovereign of Hesperian streams, 8.115. tretched prone. The good Aeneas slew her there, 8.554. where smoking rocks precipitously tower |
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51. Vergil, Georgics, 2.157 Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264| 2.157. fluminaque antiquos subter labentia muros. | |
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| 52. Ctesias, Fragments, 45 Tagged with subjects: •persia/persians, art and architecture Found in books: Marek (2019) 164 |
| 53. Dem., Synth., 22 Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264 |
| 54. Demosthenes, Orations, 39 Tagged with subjects: •architecture and art, roman appreciation •art and architecture, roman appreciation Found in books: Jenkyns (2013) 264 |
