Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 22.13.1

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[1] Eodem tempore diem¹ undecimum kalendarum Novembrium amplissimum Daphnaei Apollinis fanum, quod Epiphanes Antiochus rex ille condidit iracundus et saevus, et simulacrum in eo Olympiaci Iovis imitamentum, eiusque² aequiperans magnitudinem, subita vi flammarum exustum est.

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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Res Gestae (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).)

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History Perseus (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).) — 22.13.1 focus

[1] At that same time, on the twenty-second of October, the splendid temple of the Daphnaean Apollo, which that hot-tempered and cruel king Antiochus Epiphanes had built,¹ and with it the statue of the god, a copy of that of the Olympian Zeus² and of equal size, was reduced to ashes by a sudden fire.

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Res Gestae

1. diem, Kiessling; die, V.

2. imitamentum, eiusque, Damsté; imitamenti Phidiaci eiusque, Momm.; semitamenti, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.13.1

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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