Vita Sophistarum 603

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Philostratus the Athenian
Reference
Vita Sophistarum 603
Quotation
Πρόκλος τοίνυν ἦν μὲν τῶν οὐκ ἀφανῶν κατ᾿ Αἴγυπτον, στασιάζουσαν δὲ ἰδὼν τὴν Ναύκρατιν καὶ παρὰ τὰ ἤθη πολιτεύοντας τὴν Ἀθήνῃσιν ἡσυχίαν ἠσπάσατο καὶ ὑπεκπλεύσας ἐκεῖ ἔζη πολλὰ μὲν ἀγαγὼν χρήματα, πολλοὺς δὲ οἰκέτας καὶ τὴν ἄλλην κατασκευὴν μεγαλοπρεπῶς κεκοσμημένην.
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Furniture
Object/ Person Ornamented
Various household furnishings of Proclus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals
Visual Work: Material: Wood
Visual Work: Textile
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: precious metals and fine wood, expensive coverlets
Item Identifier
A02022
Determination
Interpreted from context