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But after he arrived in Asia,—why should I enumerate the dinners, the suppers, the
horses, and the presents which marked that progress? I am not going to say anything
against Verres for everyday crimes. I say that he carried off by force some most
beautiful statues from Chios; also from
Erythrae; also from Halicarnassus. From
Tenedos (I pass over the money which
he seized) he carried off Tenes himself,
who among the Tenedians is considered a most holy god, who is said to have founded
that city, after whose name it is called Tenedos. This very Tenes, I
say, most admirably wrought, which you have seen 1 before now in
the assembly, he carried off amid the great lamentations of the city.
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1 It was allowed to the aediles, and it was not uncommon for them to borrow of the cities of the allies celebrated and beautiful statues to adorn the shows in the games which they exhibited; and afterwards they were restored to their owners.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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