De legibus, 2.65 (26)

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
De legibus, 2.65 (26)
Quotation
Praeclare ergo Aristoteles 'Si essent' inquit 'qui sub terra semper habitavissent bonis et inlustribus domiciliis, quae essent ornata signis atque picturis instructa que rebus his omnibus quibus abundant i qui beati putantur …'
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure: Interior
Object/ Person Ornamented
Underground houses
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual work: Sculpture
Visual Work: Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Statues and Paintings
Notes
Quoting Aristotle, De Philosophia, lost, 4th century BCE. People were considered 'blessed' in Aristotle's day if they have statues and paintings at home.
Item Identifier
A00148