Antiquitates Romanae 15.3.4

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Reference
Antiquitates Romanae 15.3.4
Quotation
ὁ δὲ στρατηγὸς Κάμιλλος χρυσέῳ τοῦτον στεφάνῳ ἐκόσμησεν ἐπωνυμίαν θέμενος αὐτῷ Κορβῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ συναγωνισαμένου κατὰ τὴν μονομαχίαν ζῴου· κόρβους γὰρ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι καλοῦσι τοὺς κόρακας· αὐτός τε διετέλεσεν ἐξ ἐκείνου συμβόλῳ κατὰ τοῦ κράνους κοσμούμενος κόρακι, καὶ ταῖς εἰκόσιν αὐτοῦ πάσαις οἱ πλάττοντες καὶ γράφοντες τοῦτο τὸ ζῷον ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐφήρμοττον
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Person: Ruler
Military: Arms and Armour
Object/ Person Ornamented
Valerius
his helmet
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Cast Metal
Animal: Iconography
Medium/a Ornamenting
Valerius: a golden crown
His helmet: a raven as emblem, probably in cast metal
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Camillus bestowed the crown upon Valerius
Item Identifier
A01357
Determination
Derived directly from text