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2nd century CE See all items with this value

Greece See all items with this value

Pausanias See all items with this value

Description of Greece 1.12.4

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ἐλέφαντα γάρ, ὅσος μὲν ἐς ἔργα καὶ ἀνδρῶν χεῖρας, εἰσὶν ἐκ παλαιοῦ δῆλοι πάντες εἰδότες: αὐτὰ δὲ τὰ θηρία, πρὶν ἢ διαβῆναι Μακεδόνας ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀσίαν, οὐδὲ ἑωράκεσαν ἀρχὴν πλὴν Ἰνδῶν τε αὐτῶν καὶ Λιβύων καὶ ὅσοι πλησιόχωροι τούτοις. δηλοῖ δὲ Ὅμηρος, ὃς βασιλεῦσι κλίνας μὲν καὶ οἰκίας τοῖς εὐδαιμονεστέροις αὐτῶν ἐλέφαντι ἐποίησε κεκοσμημένας, θηρίου δὲ ἐλέφαντος μνήμην οὐδεμίαν ἐποιήσατο:

Participle (passive) See all items with this value

Visual Work: Furniture See all items with this value

Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure See all items with this value

Houses and couches of kings

Visual Work: Material: Ivory See all items with this value

Ivory

A00960

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Pausanias

2nd century CE

Architecture (Ornamented)

Visual Work (Ornamented)

Building

Domestic Structure

Furniture

Material

Ivory