Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 86.9

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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
Seneca the Younger See all items with this value
Reference
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 86.9
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
At olim et pauca erant balnea nec ullo cultu exornata. Cur enim exornaretur res quadrantaria et in usum, non in oblectamentum reperta?
Part of Speech
Adjective See all items with this value
Participle (compound) (passive) See all items with this value
Verb (compound) passive) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Baths
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
Visual Work: Sculpture See all items with this value
Visual Work: Painting See all items with this value
Visual Work: Mosaic See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Lack of adornment
Notes
RETURN. Typically baths are adorned with the above, but in this passage Seneca relates that early baths were unadorned and simple
Item Identifier
A00252
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
1st century CE
Seneca the Younger
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Painting
Civic Building
Building
Architecture (Ornamenting)
Architectural Element
Mosaic