Description of Greece 2.2.6

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Literature: prose
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Description of Greece 2.2.6
Quotation
λόγου δὲ ἄξια ἐν τῇ πόλει τὰ μὲν λειπόμενα ἔτι τῶν ἀρχαίων ἐστίν, τὰ δὲ πολλὰ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀκμῆς ἐποιήθη τῆς ὕστερον. ἔστιν οὖν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς— ἐνταῦθα γὰρ πλεῖστά ἐστι τῶν ἱερῶν—Ἄρτεμίς τε ἐπίκλησιν Ἐφεσία καὶ Διονύσου ξόανα ἐπίχρυσα πλὴν τῶν προσώπων: τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα ἀλοιφῇ σφισιν ἐρυθρᾷ κεκόσμηται: Λύσιον δέ, τὸν δὲ Βάκχειον ὀνομάζουσι.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Object/ Person Ornamented
Wooden images of Dionysus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold and red paint on the faces
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A00969
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