Epistulae, 3.19.2

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Pliny the Younger
Reference
Epistulae, 3.19.2
Quotation
… unam villam colere et ornare, alteram tantum tueri.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure
Object/ Person Ornamented
Villa of Pliny
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Furniture
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Furniture explicitly referenced, but likely also statues and paintings
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Pliny the Younger
Notes
The simple sense of "equip, furnish" is also surely in play here. However, given what we know of villa life, and the tradition of adorning villas with sculpture etc, it seems unlikely that this should not also be intended.
Item Identifier
A00294
Determination
Derived directly from text