Indica, Fragment 23 line 86

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Author
Reference
Indica, Fragment 23 line 86
Quotation
Καὶ ὅστις μὲν ἐκεῖνον κατ ̓ ἐπιτυχίην συλλάβοι, τοῦτον δὲ εὐπετέως περιβάλλειν καὶ τὸ ἄλλο σμῆνος τῶν μαργαριτέων· εἰ δὲ διαφύγοι σφᾶς ὁ βασιλεὺς, τούτῳ δὲ οὐκέτι θηρατοὺς εἶναι τοὺς ἄλλους· τοὺς ἁλόντας δὲ περιορᾶν κατασαπῆναί σφισι τὴν σάρκα, τῷ δὲ ὀστέῳ ἐς κόσμον χρῆσθαι.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Indian people
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Shell
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Oyster shells
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Indian people (wearing them as jewellery
Notes
Preserved in Arrian Ind. 8
Item Identifier
A02355
Determination
Derived directly from text