Deipnosophistae 7.34

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Deipnosophistae 7.34
Quotation
καλέσας δ᾽ αὐτόν ποτε ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ὁ Φίλιππος μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων θεῶν συγκατέκλινε πάντας ἐπὶ τῆς μέσης κλίνης ὑψηλότατα καὶ ἱεροπρεπέστατα κεκοσμημένης καὶ τράπεζαν παραθεὶς ἐφ᾽ ἧς βωμὸς ἔκειτο καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ γῆς παντοδαπῶν ἀπαρχαί. καὶ ὁπότε τοῖς ἄλλοις παρεφέρετο τὰ ἐδώδιμα, τοῖς ἀμφὶ Μενεκράτην ἐθυμίων καὶ ἔσπενδον οἱ παῖδες.
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Furniture
Object/ Person Ornamented
A central couch at a banquet
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Embroidery
Visual Work: Textile
Visual Work: Carving
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: possibly textiles with embroidery as well as gilding and carving in the wood
Item Identifier
A01912
Determination
Interpreted from context