Histories 6.23.12-13

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Histories 6.23.12-13
Quotation
ἐπὶ δὲ πᾶσι τούτοις προσεπικοσμοῦνται πτερίνῳ στεφάνῳ καὶ πτεροῖς φοινικοῖς ἢ μέλασιν ὀρθοῖς τρισίν, ὡς πηχυαίοις τὸ μέγεθος, ὧν προστεθέντων κατὰ κορυφὴν ἅμα τοῖς ἄλλοις ὅπλοις ὁ μὲν ἀνὴρ φαίνεται διπλάσιος ἑαυτοῦ κατὰ τὸ μέγεθος, ἡ δ’ ὄψις καλὴ καὶ καταπληκτικὴ τοῖς ἐναντίοις
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Hastati (Roman infantrymen, spearmen)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
A helmet with multiple tall feathers
Item Identifier
A02251
Determination
Derived directly from text