Description of Greece 1.44.6

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 1.44.6
Quotation
καὶ Καρὸς τοῦ Φορωνέως μνῆμά ἐστι, τὸ μὲν ἐξ ἀρχῆς χῶμα γῆς, ὕστερον δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ χρήσαντος ἐκοσμήθη λίθῳ κογχίτῃ.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Monument: Funerary: Tomb
Object/ Person Ornamented
Tomb of Kar, son of Phoroneus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Medium/a Ornamenting
Mussel stone/ shelly marble
Item Identifier
A00968
Determination
Derived directly from text