Literature: prose See all items with this value

2nd century CE See all items with this value

Rome or Cappadocia or Athens See all items with this value

Arrian See all items with this value

Indica 8.8-10

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καὶ τάδε δὲ μετεξέτεροι Ἰνδῶν περὶ Ἡρακλέος λέγουσιν, ἐπελθόντα αὐτὸν πᾶσαν γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν καὶ καθήραντα ὅ τι περ κακόν, καινὸν εἶδος ἐξευρεῖν ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ κόσμου γυναικηίου, ὅντινα καὶ ἐς τοῦτο ἔτι οἵ τε ἐξ Ἰνδῶν τῆς χώρης τὰ ἀγώγιμα παρ᾽ ἡμέας ἀγινέοντες σπουδῇ ὠνεόμενοι ἐκκομίζουσι, καὶ Ἑλλήνων δὲ πάλαι καὶ Ῥωμαίων νῦν ὅσοι πολυκτέανοι καὶ εὐδαίμονες μέζονι ἔτι σπουδῇ ὠνέονται τὸν μαργαρίτην δὴ τὰν θαλάσσιον οὕτω τῇ Ἰνδῶν γλώσσῃ καλεόμενον.

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Person See all items with this value

Women

Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones See all items with this value

Pearls

Pearls are described as womanly ornaments

A01301

Derived directly from text

Arrian

2nd century CE

Athens/ Attica

Person (Ornamented)

Material

Precious Stones