De providentia, 6.4

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Seneca the Younger
Reference
De providentia, 6.4
Quotation
Auro illos et argento et ebore adornavi, intus boni nihil est.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Unspecified individuals
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Ivory
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Vessel
Visual Work: Furniture
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold, silver, and ivory in unspecified form, probably jewellery, furniture, vessels
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
God
Notes
Both general wealth, personal splendour, and also domestic visual works and media implied here
Item Identifier
A00249
Determination
Interpreted from context