Historia Naturalis, 36.36 (4)

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
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Reference
Historia Naturalis, 36.36 (4)
Quotation
Ex honore apparet in magna auctoritate habitum Lysiae opus quod in Palatio super arcum divus Augustus honori Octavi patris sui dicavit in aedicula columnis adornata, id est quadriga currusque et Apollo ac Diana ex uno lapide.
Part of Speech
Adjective
Participle (compound) (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Architectural Element
Object/ Person Ornamented
Niche (or small shrine), built to contain a statue (of of a team of four horses with a chariot and Apollo with Diana all carved from one block of marble), made by the Ancient Greek master Lysias, set on top of the arch which the Emperor Augustus dedicated in honour of his father, (the Arch of C. Octavius) on the Palatine Hill, Rome
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Columns
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Augustus
Item Identifier
A00288
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Derived directly from text