« Vitr. 2.8 | Vitr. 2.8 | Vitr. 2.9 | About This Work »
10Then there is the house of Croesus which the people of Sardis have set apart as a place of repose for their fellow-citizens in the retirement of age,—a “Gerousia” for the guild of the elder men. At Halicarnassus, the house of that most potent king Mausolus, though decorated throughout with Proconnesian marble, has walls built of brick which are to this day of extraordinary strength, and are covered with stucco so highly polished that they seem to be as glistening as glass. That king did not use brick from poverty; for he was choke-full of revenues, being ruler of all Caria.
« Vitr. 2.8 | Vitr. 2.8 | Vitr. 2.9 | About This Work »