De Natura Animalium 4.52

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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De Natura Animalium 4.52
Quotation
ἐκ δὴ τῶνδε τῶν ποικίλων κεράτων πίνειν Ἰνδοὺς ἀκούω, καὶ ταῦτα οὐ πάντας, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τῶν Ἰνδῶν κρατίστους, ἐκ διαστημάτων αὐτοῖς χρυσὸν περιχέαντας, οἱονεὶ ψελίοις τισὶ κοσμήσαντας βραχίονα ὡραῖον ἀγάλματος
Part of Speech
Participle (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Object/ Person Ornamented
Unspecified statues
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold bracelets
Notes
metaphor
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A01947
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