Geography 15.1.69

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 15.1.69
Quotation
τῶν τε μυρμήκων τινὰς καὶ πτερωτοὺς λέγουσι τῶν χρυσωρύχων: ψήγματά τε χρυσοῦ καταφέρειν τοὺς ποταμούς, καθάπερ τοὺς Ἰβηρικούς: ἐν δὲ ταῖς κατὰ τὰς ἑορτὰς πομπαῖς πολλοὶ μὲν ἐλέφαντες πέμπονται χρυσῷ κεκοσμημένοι καὶ ἀργύρῳ, πολλὰ δὲ τέθριππα καὶ βοϊκὰ ζεύγη: εἶθ᾽ ἡ στρατιὰ κεκοσμημένη: καὶ χρυσώματα δὲ τῶν μεγάλων λεβήτων καὶ κρατήρων ὀργυιαίων: καὶ τοῦ Ἰνδικοῦ χαλκοῦ τράπεζαί τε καὶ θρόνοι καὶ ἐκπώματα καὶ λουτῆρες, λιθοκόλλητα τὰ πλεῖστα σμαράγδοις καὶ βηρύλλοις καὶ ἄνθραξιν Ἰνδικοῖς: καὶ ἐσθὴς δὲ ποικίλη χρυσόπαστος, καὶ βόνασοι καὶ παρδάλεις καὶ λέοντες τιθασοὶ καὶ τῶν ποικίλων ὀρνέων καὶ εὐφθόγγων πλῆθος.
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Elephants and their attendants
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Vessel: Cup
Visual Work: Vessel: Basin
Visual Work: Furniture
Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Embroidery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Elephants are adorned with gold and silver. The attendants are in full dress carrying vessels of gold, large basins, goblets, tables, chairs, drinking cups, lavers of copper with precious stones (emeralds, beryls, carbuncles), garments woven/ embroidered with gold
Item Identifier
A01041
Determination
Derived directly from text