De natura deorum, 1.22 (9)

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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
De natura deorum, 1.22 (9)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Quid autem erat quod concupisceret deus mundum signis et luminibus tamquam aedilis ornare?
Part of Speech
Verb (infinitive) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Public Space: Forum See all items with this value
Nature See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
The heavens
the Roman forum (understood from context)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Visual Work: Decoration: Lights See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Statues and lights (lamps, torches) adorn the forum, just as constellations and stars adorn the sky
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Aediles
gods
Notes
Punning. Cp. Cicero, In Verrem, 2.4.133 (59); De domo sua, 111 (43); Pliny, Historia Naturalis, 35.173 (49)
Item Identifier
A00149
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Cicero
1st century BCE
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Public Space
Forum
Nature
Statue
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite