Vita Apollonii 6.16

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Philostratus the Athenian
Reference
Vita Apollonii 6.16
Quotation
Ἐπεὶ δ᾿ ἐδείπνησαν, “ἐγὼ” ἦ δ᾿ ὁ Νεῖλος “τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον ἐστρατευόμην ὁμοῦ τοῖς Γυμνοῖς, οἷον ψιλοῖς τισιν ἢ σφενδονήταις ἐκείνοις ἐμαυτὸν ξυντάττων, νυνὶ δὲ ὁπλιτεύσω καὶ κοσμήσει με ἡ ἀσπὶς ἡ σή.”
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Nilus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
Apollonius' shield
Item Identifier
A02016
Determination
Derived directly from text