In Verrem, 2.4.18 (8)

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century BCE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Cicero See all items with this value
Reference
In Verrem, 2.4.18 (8)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Habitasti apud Heium Messanae, res ilium divinas apud eos deos in suo sacrario prope cotidiano facere vidisti: non movetur pecunia, denique quae ornamenti causa fuerunt non requirit; tibi habe Canephoros, deorum simulacra restitue.
Part of Speech
Noun See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Cultic: Shrine See all items with this value
Cultic: Building: Shrine See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
The shrine at the house of Gaius Heius
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Two sculptures from the shrine, discussed earlier - the bronze Canephoroe (Basket-Bearers) by Polyclitus
Notes
From the wider context; here as opposed to simulacra of gods - a marble Cupid by Praxiteles, a bronze Hercules by Myron
Item Identifier
A00081
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Cicero
1st century BCE
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Building
Shrine
Cultic (Ornamented)
Shrine
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite