Tusculanae disputationes, 5.21 (61)

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
Tusculanae disputationes, 5.21 (61)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
… abacosque complures ornavit argento auroque caelato
Part of Speech
Verb See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Furniture See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Sideboards in the home of Dionysius
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Vessel: Cup See all items with this value
Visual Work: Vessel: Jug See all items with this value
Visual Work: Vessel: Plate See all items with this value
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold See all items with this value
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Silver and chased gold vessels.
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Dionysius the Elder, Tyrant of Syracuse
Notes
Sense of 'equip', 'furnish', also potentially in play
Item Identifier
A00160
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Cicero
1st century BCE
Visual Work (Ornamented)
Furniture
Material
Precious Metals
Gold
Silver
Vessel