Imagines 2.5.14-16

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Philostratus the Lemnian
Reference
Imagines 2.5.14-16
Quotation
λίθων μὲν οὖν καὶ ὅρμων καὶ παντὸς ἁπαλοῦ κόσμου παρακεχώρηκεν ἡ Ῥοδογούνη τῷ ἵππῳ, ὡς ἀγάλλοιτο καὶ ἁβρῶς τὸν χαλινὸν διαπτύοι·
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
A black and white Nisean mare in a painted depiction of a battle scene between the Parthians, led by Rhodogoune, and the Armenians
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones
Medium/a Ornamenting
Precious stones, necklaces, and other dainty ornaments (bits/ trappings in precious metal?)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Philostratus says that Rhodogoune adorned the mare, but the painter is the real ornamenter
Item Identifier
A02031
Determination
Derived directly from text