De architectura, 7.pref.16

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
De architectura, 7.pref.16
Quotation
Nam quattuor locis sunt aedium sacrarum marmoreis operibus ornatae dispositiones ...
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Four famous temples - the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, the Temple of Apollo at Miletus, the Temple of Ceres and Proserpine at Eleusis, and (implied) the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Marble works, unspecified; context suggests: sculptures, carved relief (figural and non-figural), architectural molding, coloumns, etc
Item Identifier
A00208