Deipnosophistae 6.15

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Deipnosophistae 6.15
Quotation
‘ δεῖπνα Ῥωμαικῶς ἦν κατεσκευασμένα, κεράμῳ παντὶ χορηγούμενα ἀργυρῷ: τὰς δὲ τῶν δευτέρων τραπέζας ἐκόσμει τοῖς Ἰταλικοῖς ἐθισμοῖς: τὰ δὲ κανίσκια ἦν ἅπαντα χρυσᾶ, γεγονότα πρὸς τὰ πλεκόμενα ταῖς σχοίνοις: μουσικοῖς δὲ ἐχρῆτο Ἑλληνικοῖς.’
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Furniture
Object/ Person Ornamented
Dining table
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Vessel: Plate
Visual Work: Vessel: Bowl
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Medium/a Ornamenting
Silver and gold vessels
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Massinissa
Item Identifier
A01908
Determination
Derived directly from text