Historia Naturalis, 7.34 (3)

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Reference
Historia Naturalis, 7.34 (3)
Quotation
Pompeius Magnus in ornamentis theatri mirabiles fama posuit effigies ob id diligentius magnorum artificum ingeniis elaboratas, inter quas legitur Eutychis a viginti liberis rogo inlata Trallibus enixa xxx partus, Alcippe elephantum
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Theatre
Object/ Person Ornamented
Theatre of Pompey, Rome
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
Statues of marvels, including two of women who were exceptional in their child-bearing (one very successful, the other considered portentous)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Pompey
Item Identifier
A00281
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Derived directly from text