ὅσον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐφεωρᾶτο τῆς νήσου → as much of the island as was in view from the temple
embossed: V. εὐκρότητος.
chased with gold: V. χρυσόκολλος (Sophocles and Euripides, Fragment).