Description of Greece 1.29.16

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 1.29.16
Quotation
Λυκούργῳ δὲ ἐπορίσθη μὲν τάλαντα ἐς τὸ δημόσιον πεντακοσίοις πλείονα καὶ ἑξακισχιλίοις ἢ ὅσα Περικλῆς ὁ Ξανθίππου συνήγαγε, κατεσκεύασε δὲ πομπεῖα τῇ θεῷ καὶ Νίκας χρυσᾶς καὶ παρθένοις κόσμον ἑκατόν, ἐς δὲ πόλεμον ὅπλα καὶ βέλη καὶ τετρακοσίας ναυμαχοῦσιν εἶναι τριήρεις·
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
One hundred maidens in a procession
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing: Insignia
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: ritual clothing
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Lycurgus
Item Identifier
A00966
Determination
Interpreted from context