Description of Greece 1.40.4

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 1.40.4
Quotation
ὄπισθε δὲ τοῦ ναοῦ κεῖται ξύλα ἡμίεργα: ταῦτα ἔμελλεν ὁ Θεόκοσμος ἐλέφαντι καὶ χρυσῷ κοσμήσας τὸ ἄγαλμα ἐκτελέσειν τοῦ Διός.
Part of Speech
Participle (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Cultic: Object: Effigies and Representations
Object/ Person Ornamented
Wood image of Zeus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Ivory
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Medium/a Ornamenting
Ivory and gold
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Theocosmus
Item Identifier
A00964
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Derived directly from text