Ab urbe condita, 34.4.4(-5)

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century BCE/ 1st century CE See all items with this value
1st century BCE See all items with this value
1st century CE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Livy See all items with this value
Reference
Ab urbe condita, 34.4.4(-5)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
iam nimis multos audio Corinthi et Athenarum ornamenta laudantes mirantesque, et antefixa fictilia deorum Romanorum ridentes.
Part of Speech
Noun (plural) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Location: City See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Corinth, Greece
Athens, Greece
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity See all items with this value
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Architecture: Architectural Element: Roof See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
From context: terracotta statue, representations of deities. Particularly presumably on the roofs of temples
Item Identifier
A00022
Determination
Interpreted from context
Item sets
1st century CE
Livy
1st century BCE
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
City
Deity
Location
Architecture (Ornamenting)
Architectural Element
Roof
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Probable