Geography 4.1.5

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 4.1.5
Quotation
τῆς δὲ λιτότητος τῶν βίων καὶ τῆς σωφροσύνης τῶν Μασσαλιωτῶν οὐκ ἐλάχιστον ἄν τις θείη τοῦτο τεκμήριον: ἡ γὰρ μεγίστη προὶξ αὐτοῖς ἐστιν ἑκατὸν χρυσοῖ καὶ εἰς ἐσθῆτα πέντε καὶ πέντε εἰς χρυσοῦν κόσμον: πλέον δ᾽ οὐκ ἔξεστι.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Massiliote women
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified ornament, but contrasted with gold - so probably clothing and other personal ornament not in gold
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The provider and holder of dowry (father, husband)
Item Identifier
A01016
Determination
Interpreted from context