De viris illustribus, 5.2.5

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Reference
De viris illustribus, 5.2.5
Quotation
His ex manubiis arx Athenarum, qua ad meridiem vergit, est ornata.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Public Space: Acropolis
Object/ Person Ornamented
The Acropolis of Athens
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Spoils
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Cultic: Monument
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Spoils from Thasos, unspecified; context suggests: statues, portable monuments, architectural elements such as columns
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Cimon
Notes
The Loeb translates this as "fortified" from the idea of "furnish, equip". But given the importance of ornament of civic space for the Greek upper class, surely the sense of "ornament" with architecture etc is, at least, also in play
Item Identifier
A00172
Determination
Derived directly from text