Geography 1.2.31-32

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
1st century BCE/ 1st century CE
1st century BCE
1st century CE
Location of Display
Rome or Alexandria
Reference
Geography 1.2.31-32
Quotation
φησὶ δὴ πρὸς Τηλέμαχον ὁ Μενέλαος θαυμάσαντα τὸν τῶν βασιλείων κόσμον… ἅμα μὲν γὰρ θαυμάζουσι τοῦ κόσμου τῶν βασιλείων οἱ περὶ Τηλέμαχον τὸ πλῆθος ὅ ἐστι ‘χρυσοῦ τ᾽ ἠλέκτρου τε καὶ ἀργύρου ἠδ᾽ ἐλέφαντος.’
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure
Object/ Person Ornamented
Palace of Menelaus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Ivory
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Electrum
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold, electrum, silver, ivory ornaments
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Menelaus
Item Identifier
A01013
Determination
Derived directly from text