De Natura Animalium 4.17

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
De Natura Animalium 4.17
Quotation
καὶ ἡ λύγξ δὲ ἀποκρύπτει τὸ οὖρον· ὅταν γὰρ παγῇ, λίθος γίνεται, καὶ γλυφαῖς ἐπιτήδειός ἐστι, καὶ τοῖς γυναικείοις κόσμοις συμμάχεται, φασίν
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Women
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones
Medium/a Ornamenting
Jewellery, specifically tourmaline or zircon (which Aelian says is made of hardened lynx urine)
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A01946
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Derived directly from text