In Verrem, 2.4.123 (55)

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
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Reference
In Verrem, 2.4.123 (55)
Quotation
Ille deos deorum spoliis ornari noluit, hic ornamenta Minervae virginis in meretriciam domum transtulit.
Part of Speech
Verb (passive) (infinitive)
Noun (plural)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Person: Deity
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure
Architecture: Building: Shrine
Cultic: Building: Shrine
Architecture: Architectural Element: Walls
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Votive temples to Honos and Virtus
Shrine of Minerva in Syracuse
the House of Verres
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Spoils
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting: Panel Painting
Visual Work: Materials: Ivory
Visual Work: Materials: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Carving
Architecture: Architectural Element: Door
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
Spoils of Syracuse and of the shrine of Minerva.
Panel paintings depicting King Agathocles and portraits of other kings and tyrants of Sicily
Doors wrought in ivory and gold, including a carved ivory Gorgon's face, golden knobs
Reed spears
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Gaius Verres
Notes
From the context. Marcellus does not want to even use spoils from his legal war to adorn his votive temples, despite this being his right; while Verres uses them to adorn his house which is full of debauchery
Item Identifier
A00109
Determination
Interpreted from context