Historia Alexandri Magni, 3.3.17 - 18

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century CE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Quintus Curtius See all items with this value
Reference
Historia Alexandri Magni, 3.3.17 - 18
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
… pallam auro distinctam aurei accipitres, velut rostris inter se concurrerent, adornabant …
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (active) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Clothing See all items with this value
Visual Work: Textile See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
A golden cloak worn by the Persian king Darius
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Weaving See all items with this value
Visual Work: Embroidery See all items with this value
Animal See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Iconography: golden hawks attacking each other with their beaks. Likely fashioned in gold thread.
Item Identifier
A00223
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
1st century CE
Quintus Curtius
Visual Work (Ornamented)
Clothing
Animal
Embroidery
Textile