Quaestiones romanae 20

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Quaestiones romanae 20
Quotation
‘διὰ τί τῇ γυναικείᾳ θεῷ, ἣν Ἀγαθὴν καλοῦσιν, κοσμοῦσαι σηκὸν αἱ γυναῖκες οἴκοι μυρσίνας οὐκ εἰσφέρουσι, καίτοι πᾶσι φιλοτιμούμεναι χρῆσθαι τοῖς βλαστάνουσι καὶ ἀνθοῦσι;’
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Cultic: Building: Shrine
Architecture: Building: Shrine
Object/ Person Ornamented
Shrines to Bona Dea in houses
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Various blooming and flowering and green plants (but not myrtle)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Roman women
Item Identifier
A01853
Determination
Derived directly from text