Description of Greece 2.3.5

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Description of Greece 2.3.5
Quotation
λουτρὰ δὲ ἔστι μὲν πολλαχοῦ Κορινθίοις καὶ ἄλλα, τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ, τὸ δὲ βασιλέως Ἀδριανοῦ κατασκευάσαντος· τὸ δὲ ὀνομαστότατον αὐτῶν πλησίον τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. τοῦτο δὲ Εὐρυκλῆς ἐποίησεν ἀνὴρ Σπαρτιάτης λίθοις κοσμήσας καὶ ἄλλοις καὶ ὃν ἐν Κροκεαῖς χώρας τῆς Λακωνικῆς ὀρύσσουσιν. ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ τῆς ἐσόδου Ποσειδῶν καὶ μετ’ αὐτὸν Ἄρτεμις θηρεύουσα ἕστηκε.
Part of Speech
Participle (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Baths
Object/ Person Ornamented
A bath house at Corinth
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Medium/a Ornamenting
Various marbles, including one type quarried at Crocaea in Laconia.
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Erycles of Sparta
Item Identifier
A00971
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Derived directly from text