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Browsing named entities in M. Tullius Cicero, Orations, for Quintius, Sextus Roscius, Quintus Roscius, against Quintus Caecilius, and against Verres (ed. C. D. Yonge). You can also browse the collection for Delos (Greece) or search for Delos (Greece) in all documents.
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M. Tullius Cicero, Against Verres (ed. C. D. Yonge), section 46 (search)
He came to
Delos. There from that most holy temple
of Apollo he privately took away by night the most beautiful and ancient statues,
and took care that they were all placed on board his own transport. The next day,
when the inhabitants of Delos saw their
temple plundered, they were very indignant. For the holiness and antiquity of that
temple is so great in their eyes, that they believe that Apolland took care that they were all placed on board his own transport. The next day,
when the inhabitants of Delos saw their
temple plundered, they were very indignant. For the holiness and antiquity of that
temple is so great in their eyes, that they believe that Apollo himself was born in
that place. However, they did not dare to say one word about it, lest haply
Dolabella himself might be concerned in the business.
M. Tullius Cicero, Against Verres (ed. C. D. Yonge), section 48 (search)
That Latona, after a long wandering and persecution, pregnant, and now
near bringing forth, when her time was come, fled to Delos, and there brought forth Apollo and Diana; from which belief of
men that island is considered sacred to those gods; and such is and always has been
the influence of that religious belief, that not even the Persians, when they waged
war on all Greece, on gods and men, and
when they had put in with a fleet of a thousand ships at Delos, attempted to violate, or even to touch
anything. Did you, O most wicked, O most insane of men, attempt to plunder this
temple? Was any covetousness of such power as to extinguish such solemn religious
belief? And if you did not think of this at that time, do you not recollect even now
that there is no evil so great as not to have been long since due to you for your
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M. Tullius Cicero, Against Verres (ed. C. D. Yonge), section 83 (search)
M. Tullius Cicero, Against Verres (ed. C. D. Yonge), section 176 (search)
M. Tullius Cicero, Against Verres (ed. C. D. Yonge), section 71 (search)