Elegiae, 3.9.15

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Text Category
Literature: verse
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Reference
Elegiae, 3.9.15
Quotation
Phidiacus signo se Iuppiter ornat eburno
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Jupiter
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Medium/a Ornamenting
Ivory statue of Jupiter by Phidias
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Jupiter
Notes
Jupiter somehow reflexively adorns himself with he statue of Phidias - either by alloing it to be sculpted or by somehow animating it
Item Identifier
A00327
Determination
Derived directly from text