Literature: prose See all items with this value

4th century BCE See all items with this value

Plato See all items with this value

Alcibiades 1.123b-d

Greek See all items with this value

εἶναι δὲ καὶ ἄλλην ἣν αὖ καλεῖσθαι καλύπτραν, καὶ ἄλλους πολλοὺς τόπους καλοὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐξῃρημένους τὸν τῆς γυναικός, καὶ ὀνόματα ἔχειν ἑκάστους τῶν τόπων ἀπὸ ἑκάστου τῶν κόσμων. ὥστ᾽ οἶμαι ἐγώ, εἴ τις εἴποι τῇ βασιλέως μητρί, Ξέρξου δὲ γυναικί, Ἀμήστριδι, ὅτι ἐν νῷ ἔχει σοῦ τῷ ὑεῖ ἀντιτάττεσθαι ὁ Δεινομάχης ὑός, ᾗ ἔστι κόσμος ἴσως ἄξιος μνῶν πεντήκοντα εἰ πάνυ πολλοῦ, τῷ δ᾽ ὑεῖ αὐτῆς γῆς πλέθρα Ἐρχίασιν οὐδὲ τριακόσια, θαυμάσαι ἂν ὅτῳ ποτὲ πιστεύων ἐν νῷ ἔχει οὗτος ὁ Ἀλκιβιάδης τῷ Ἀρτοξέρξῃ διαγωνίζεσθαι

Noun See all items with this value

Person See all items with this value

Queens of Persia

Visual Work: Textile See all items with this value

Visual Work: Clothing See all items with this value

Veil, girdle, dress

In this passage we are told that fertile tracts of land are referred to by the names of the Persian queen's garments/ ornament, and so her ornament is thus described.

A02190

Derived directly from text

Plato

4th century BCE

Person (Ornamented)

Clothing

Textile