Medea, 486

Item

Text Category
Literature: verse 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
Medea, 486
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
ex opibus illis, quas procul raptas Scythae/ usque a perustis Indiae populis agunt,/ quas quia referta vix domus gazas capit,/ ornamus auro nemora, nil exul tuli/ ...
Part of Speech
Verb (active) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure: Interior See all items with this value
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure: Exterior See all items with this value
Nature See all items with this value
Cultic: Sanctuary: Grove See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Palace of Medea and her family at Colchis, and trees or a grove (sacred?) outside it
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold objects, unspecified
Notes
Identifiable as a palace from the context; are the groves here sacred groves, or simply, 'forest' or 'trees' as in the various translations?
Item Identifier
A00256
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
1st century CE
Seneca the Younger
Architecture (Ornamented)
Building
Domestic Structure
Interior
Exterior
Sanctuary
Cultic (Ornamented)
Sanctuary
Nature
Material
Precious Metals
Gold