Critius 115c-d

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
360
Reference
Critius 115c-d
Quotation
τοὺς τῆς θαλάττης τροχούς, οἳ περὶ τὴν ἀρχαίαν ἦσαν μητρόπολιν, πρῶτον μὲν ἐγεφύρωσαν, ὁδὸν ἔξω καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ βασίλεια ποιούμενοι. τὰ δὲ βασίλεια ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τῶν προγόνων κατοικήσει κατ᾽ ἀρχὰς ἐποιήσαντο εὐθύς, ἕτερος δὲ παρ᾽ ἑτέρου δεχόμενος, κεκοσμημένα κοσμῶν, ὑπερεβάλλετο εἰς δύναμιν ἀεὶ τὸν ἔμπροσθεν, ἕως εἰς ἔκπληξιν μεγέθεσιν κάλλεσίν τε ἔργων ἰδεῖν τὴν οἴκησιν ἀπηργάσαντο.
Part of Speech
Participle (passive), Noun
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
Royal palace in Atlantis
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Visual Work: Mosaic
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: presumably architectural embellishments (columns, porticoes, porches, facades), visual ornaments (statues, mosaic, painting), precious objects, etc
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Kings of Atlantis
Item Identifier
A02193
Determination
Interpreted from context