Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 20.4.10-12

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Reference
Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 20.4.10-12
Quotation
Inter haec velut genetricem virtutum frugalitatem omnibus ingerebat consecutus que disputationum adsiduitate erat, ut matronae auratas vestes cetera que dignitatis suae ornamenta velut instrumenta luxuriae deponerent ea que omnia delata in Iunonis aedem ipsi deae consecrarent, prae se ferentes vera ornamenta matronarum pudicitiam, non vestes esse.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Person
Person: Deity
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Women followers of Pythagoras
Juno
Temple of Juno (Heraion of Samos?)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Embroidery
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Medium/a Ornamenting
Clothing embroidered with gold; jewellery (bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings) in gold, silver, and jewels
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The women themselves
Notes
The women wore these ornaments before, but they then consecrated them to the goddess and her temple after Pythagoras taught them that these are instruments of luxury
Item Identifier
A02465
Determination
Derived directly from text