Gallus: Or, Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus. With Notes and Excursuses Illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the RomansJ. W. Parker, 1849 - 535 oldal |
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xiv. oldal
... person selected was such as to admit of the introduction . of various phases of life , in the course of his biography . A personage of this sort presented itself in Cornelius Gallus , a man whose fortunate rise from obscurity to ...
... person selected was such as to admit of the introduction . of various phases of life , in the course of his biography . A personage of this sort presented itself in Cornelius Gallus , a man whose fortunate rise from obscurity to ...
xvii. oldal
... persons as are here portrayed , abounded in Rome , as we learn from Juvenal and Martial . In describing Gallus as colebs , the author wished to institute an inquiry into those points of domestic life which had hitherto been little ...
... persons as are here portrayed , abounded in Rome , as we learn from Juvenal and Martial . In describing Gallus as colebs , the author wished to institute an inquiry into those points of domestic life which had hitherto been little ...
4. oldal
... persons , the stairs to their private apartments often led upwards from the street outside : an arrangement also to be found in the private houses . The coenaculum assigned to Hispala , for her security after she had discovered the mon ...
... persons , the stairs to their private apartments often led upwards from the street outside : an arrangement also to be found in the private houses . The coenaculum assigned to Hispala , for her security after she had discovered the mon ...
15. oldal
... persons of the lowest class , and others even slaves - became very wealthy , assumed high - sounding names , and lived in magnificent edifices . And again , many who were entitled to imagines , found them , perhaps , too insignificant ...
... persons of the lowest class , and others even slaves - became very wealthy , assumed high - sounding names , and lived in magnificent edifices . And again , many who were entitled to imagines , found them , perhaps , too insignificant ...
16. oldal
... persons who had no images to boast of in their own family , and yet wished some such ornament for their atrium , had no course left but alienas effigies colere . 5 The most valuable species of white marbles were the Parian , the ...
... persons who had no images to boast of in their own family , and yet wished some such ornament for their atrium , had no course left but alienas effigies colere . 5 The most valuable species of white marbles were the Parian , the ...
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ancient apodyterium appears Appul atque atria atrium Augustus autem Baiæ baths Becker's Boettiger Borb caldarium called Cato cavum ædium Chresimus Cicero cœna colours Comp confarreatio custom Diac Dio Cass door Edition enim Epist erat etiam Excursus explained familia frigidarium Gallus garments Gell Greek hæc Hence Horace impluvium Isid Juven laconicum Lamprid lectica lectus Lentulus Lycoris Macrob manus marriage Mart Martial means mentioned mihi modo nunc Orell ornaments Ovid passage persons Petron Plaut Plin Pliny Plut Pompeii Pomponius quæ quam quibus quid quidem Quinct quod quoque Roman Rome says Seneca slaves sort Suet sunt suppose taberna tablinum tepidarium therma tibi triclinia triclinium tunica Varro Verr vessels vestibulum viii villa Virg Vitruv Vitruvius whilst wine words xxxiii xxxiv δὲ καὶ τε τὴν τῆς
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19. oldal - ... Corinthian saloon stood vessels of precious Corinthian bronze, whose worn handles and peculiar smell sufficiently announced their antiquity ; together with two large golden drinking cups, on one of which were engraved scenes from the Iliad, on the other from the Odyssey. Besides these there were smaller beakers and bowls composed of precious stones, either made of one piece only and adorned with reliefs, or of several cameos united by settings of gold. Genuine Murrhina vases also, — even at...
216. oldal - Tu mediastinus tacita prece rura petebas, Nunc urbem et ludos et balnea villicus optas ; 15 Me constare mihi seis, et discedere tristem, Quandocunque trahunt invisa negotia Romam.
29. oldal - Immediately adjoining this apartment was the library, full of the most precious treasures acquired by Gallus, chiefly in Alexandria. There, in presses of cedar-wood, placed round the walls, lay the rolls, partly of parchment, and partly of the finest Egyptian papyrus, each supplied with a label, on which was seen in bright red letters, the name of the author and title of the book. Above these again were ranged the busts, in bronze or marble, of the...