Mulierum virtutes 23

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
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Reference
Mulierum virtutes 23
Quotation
λέγεται μὲν οὖν τι καὶ πρὸς τὴν ὄψιν αὐτῆς παθεῖν ὁ Μιθριδάτης, νέας παντάπασι καὶ ἀκάκου τῆς παιδίσκης φανείσης: ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον ὡς ἔοικε τὴν αἰτίαν γνοὺς ἐρωτικὴν οὖσαν ἐπεκλάσθη καὶ συνεχώρησεν ἀνελέσθαι καὶ θάψαι τὸν νεκρὸν ἐσθῆτα καὶ κόσμον ἐκ τῶν ἐκείνου λαβοῦσαν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Corpse of Poredorix
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Vessel
Visual Work: Jewellery
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: funerary robes, grave goods, and maybe also personal accessories/ armour
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
A young maid from Pergamus, given the ornaments by Mithradates
Item Identifier
A01851
Determination
Interpreted from context