Literature: prose See all items with this value

2nd century CE See all items with this value

Alexandria See all items with this value

Achilles Tatius See all items with this value

Leucippe and Clitophon 2.11.4

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ἦν γὰρ χρόνος ὅτε τῆς πορφύρας ὁ κόσμος ἀνθρώποις ἀπόρρητος ἦν· μικρὸς δὲ αὐτὴν ἐκάλυπτε κόχλος ἐγκύκλῳ μυχῷ.

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Person See all items with this value

Visual Work: Clothing See all items with this value

Various cloth, and people who would wear it

Visual Work: Dye See all items with this value

Tyrian purple - purple dye from murex shells

The passage is discussing when the purple dye was an ornament "forbidden" (or inaccessible) to people

A02042

Derived directly from text

2nd century CE

Alexandria

Visual Work (Ornamented)

Person (Ornamented)

Clothing

Dye