Antiquitates Romanae 5.34.3

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Reference
Antiquitates Romanae 5.34.3
Quotation
μίαν δὲ παρθένον ἐκ τῶν ὁμήρων, ὑφ᾿ ἧς ἐπείσθησαν αἱ λοιπαὶ διανήξασθαι τὸν ποταμόν, ἐπαινέσας ὡς κρεῖττον ἔχουσαν φρόνημα τῆς τε φύσεως καὶ τῆς ἡλικίας, καὶ τὴν πόλιν μακαρίσας ἐπὶ τῷ μὴ μόνον ἄνδρας ἀγαθοὺς ἐκτρέφειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρθένους ἀνδράσιν ὁμοίας, δωρεῖται τὴν κόρην ἵππῳ πολεμιστῇ φαλάροις κεκοσμημένῳ διαπρεπέσι.
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
War horse
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Equipment
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals
Medium/a Ornamenting
Costly and elaborate trappings, probably in precious metals
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Lars Porsena, King of the Tyrrhenians
Item Identifier
A01339
Determination
Derived directly from text