Life of Lucullus 41.5

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Life of Lucullus 41.5
Quotation
καὶ τοῦτο σεσοφισμένος ἐλελήθει τοὺς ἄνδρας, ἑκάστῳ γὰρ, ὡς ἔοικε, δειπνητηρίῳ τεταγμένον ἦν τίμημα δείπνου, καὶ χορηγίαν ἰδίαν καὶ παρασκευὴν ἕκαστον εἶχεν, ὥστε τοὺς δούλους ἀκούσαντας, ὅπου βούλεται δειπνεῖν, εἰδέναι, πόσον δαπάνημα καὶ ποῖόν τι κόσμῳ καὶ διαθέσει γενέσθαι δεῖ τὸ δεῖπνον εἰώθει δὲ δειπνεῖν ἐν τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι πέντε μυριάδων
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Dinner at Lucullus' home
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Furniture
Visual Work: Vessel
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: elaborate furniture and dinnerware
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Lucullus' slaves
Item Identifier
A01140
Determination
Interpreted from context