Geography 6.2.10

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 6.2.10
Quotation
συγγενῆ δὲ καὶ τούτοις καὶ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Σικελίαν πάθεσι τὰ περὶ τὰς Λιπαραίων νήσους καὶ αὐτὴν τὴν Λιπάραν δείκνυται. εἰσὶ δ᾽ ἑπτὰ μὲν τὸν ἀριθμόν, μεγίστη δὲ ἡ Λιπάρα Κνιδίων ἄποικος ἐγγυτάτω τῆς Σικελίας κειμένη μετά γε τὴν Θέρμεσσαν: ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρότερον Μελιγουνίς: ἡγήσατο δὲ καὶ στόλῳ καὶ πρὸς τὰς τῶν Τυρρηνῶν ἐπιδρομὰς πολὺν χρόνον ἀντέσχεν, ὑπηκόους ἔχουσα τὰς νῦν λεγομένας Λιπαραίων νήσους ἃς Αἰόλου τινὲς προσαγορεύουσι. καὶ δὴ καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος ἐκόσμησε πολλάκις τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀκροθινίων: ἔχει δὲ καὶ τὴν γῆν εὔκαρπον καὶ στυπτηρίας μέταλλον ἐμπρόσοδον καὶ θερμὰ ὕδατα καὶ πυρὸς ἀναπνοάς.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temple of Apollo at Delphi
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Spoils
Military: Arms and Armour
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
Spoils of war - might included seized equipment and stolen statues
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The people of the Lipari/ Aeolian islands
Item Identifier
A01020
Determination
Interpreted from context