Historia Alexandri Magni, 9.7 15

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, 9.7 15
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
Invitatis deinde ad epulas legatis gentium regulisque, exornari convivium iussit.
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (passive) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Abstract: Event See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Banquet
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Furniture See all items with this value
Visual Work: Vessel See all items with this value
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold See all items with this value
Visual Work: Material: Wood See all items with this value
Visual Work: Textiles See all items with this value
Food and Drink See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Golden couches, purple and gold tapestries. Likely also includes fine food and drink and elaborately worked vessels.
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Alexander the Great
Notes
Sense of "prepare" or "furnish" also in play here
Item Identifier
A00231
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
1st century CE
Quintus Curtius
Material
Precious Metals
Gold
Furniture
Textile
Wood
Vessel
Abstract
Event