Geography 14.1.43

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 14.1.43
Quotation
Νῦσα δ᾽ ἵδρυται πρὸς τῇ Μεσωγίδι τὸ πλέον τῷ ὄρει προσανακεκλιμένη, ἔστι δ᾽ ὥσπερ δίπολις: διαιρεῖ γὰρ αὐτὴν χαράδρα τις ποιοῦσα φάραγγα, ἧς τὸ μὲν γέφυραν ἐπικειμένην ἔχει συνάπτουσαν τὰς δύο πόλεις, τὸ δ᾽ ἀμφιθεάτρῳ κεκόσμηται κρυπτὴν ἔχοντι τὴν ὑπόρρυσιν τῶν χαραδρωδῶν ὑδάτων
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Nysa - rather, one part of it
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Amphitheatre
Medium/a Ornamenting
An amphitheatre
Item Identifier
A01036
Determination
Derived directly from text