Heroicus 47.1

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Philostratus the Lemnian
Reference
Heroicus 47.1
Quotation
Τὰ δὲ ὅπλα, ὦ ἀμπελουργέ, πῶς φησιν αὐτῷ κεκοσμῆσθαι;
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Military: Arms and Armour
Object/ Person Ornamented
Armour of Achilles
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Metals
Medium/a Ornamenting
Metals of different colours, like a rainbow
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Supposedly Hephaestus
Notes
The section passage states that Homer suggests Achilles' armour was decorated with " cities and stars, wars, farming, marriages, and singing" but Protesilaus instead says the armour was plain but made of different materials of different shades and colours
Item Identifier
A02029
Determination
Derived directly from text