Historia Naturalis, 17.6 (1)

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Reference
Historia Naturalis, 17.6 (1)
Quotation
… iam columnas vi Hymettii marmoris aedilitatis gratia ad scenam ornandam advectas in atrio eius domus statuerat, cum in publico nondum essent ullae marmoreae: tam recens est opulentia!
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Architectural Element
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Theatre
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure: Interior
Object/ Person Ornamented
Stage (scaenae frons) of a theatre
subsequently: subsequently the atrium of the house of Crassus, later of Domitius
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Medium/a Ornamenting
Columns made in Hymettian marble
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Crassus
Item Identifier
A00282
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