Description of Greece 2.3.2-3

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 2.3.2-3
Quotation
μετὰ δὲ αὐτὸν ἔσοδός ἐστι τῆς Πειρήνης ἐς τὸ ὕδωρ. ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτῇ λέγουσιν ὡς ἥ Πειρήνη γένοιτο ὑπὸ δακρύων ἐξ ἀνθρώπου πηγή, τὸν παῖδα ὀδυρομένη Κεγχρίαν ὑπὸ Ἀρτέμιδος ἀκούσης ἀποθανόντα. κεκόσμηται δὲ ἡ πηγὴ λίθῳ λευκῷ
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Infrastructure
Object/ Person Ornamented
Fountain of Peirene
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Medium/a Ornamenting
White marble
Item Identifier
A00970
Determination
Derived directly from text