Didyma 564

Item

Text Category
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
287-293
Location of Display
Reference
Didyma 564
Quotation
κόσμον γὰρ αὐτῇ ξεστὸν ἀμφιθεὶς τόσον τοῦ μὲν θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον εἰς μνήμην ἄγει, ἀστοὺς δὲ νυμφείοισι διασῴζει ῥοαῖς, κοινωνίαν μειμούμενους τὴν Δελφικὴν πρὸς Κασταλίαν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Spring of Didyma
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Stone wall/ chamber that preserved the flow of the spring
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Festus, proconsul
Bibliography
Fontenrose 1988: 24
Notes
Iambs and elegiacs
Item Identifier
A00407
Determination
Derived directly from text