Geography 17.1.8

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 17.1.8
Quotation
ἔχει δ᾽ ἡ πόλις τεμένη τε κοινὰ κάλλιστα καὶ τὰ βασίλεια, τέταρτον ἢ καὶ τρίτον τοῦ παντὸς περιβόλου μέρος: τῶν γὰρ βασιλέων ἕκαστος ὥσπερ τοῖς κοινοῖς ἀναθήμασι προσεφιλοκάλει τινὰ κόσμον, οὕτω καὶ οἴκησιν ἰδίᾳ περιεβάλλετο πρὸς ταῖς ὑπαρχούσαις, ὥστε νῦν τὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ ἐξ ἑτέρων ἕτερ᾽ ἐστίν: ἅπαντα μέντοι συναφῆ καὶ ἀλλήλοις καὶ τῷ λιμένι καὶ ὅσα ἔξω αὐτοῦ.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Architecture: Public Space
Object/ Person Ornamented
Public buildings and spaces in Alexandra
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: architectural embellishment
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Ptolemaic kings
Item Identifier
A01043
Determination
Interpreted from context