Historia Naturalis, 36.97 (22)

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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
Pliny the Elder See all items with this value
Reference
Historia Naturalis, 36.97 (22)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
cetera eius operis ornamenta plurium librorum instar optinent, nihil ad specimen naturae pertinentia.
Part of Speech
Noun (plural) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple See all items with this value
Cultic: Building: Temple See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temple of Diana, Ephesus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element See all items with this value
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
"The other ornaments of the temple", besides its architraves and lintel: architectural element or spaces. Might also include molding, sculpture
Notes
From the context
Item Identifier
A00290
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
1st century CE
Pliny the Elder
Architecture (Ornamented)
Sculpture (Ornamenting)
Building
Temple
Cultic (Ornamented)
Temple
Architecture (Ornamenting)
Architectural Element
Statue
Relief
Relief- Ornamenting - Definite
Statue - Ornamenting - Definite