Description of Greece 2.7.5

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 2.7.5
Quotation
ταῦτα μιᾷ καθ’ ἕκαστον ἔτος νυκτὶ ἐς τὸ Διονύσιον ἐκ τοῦ καλουμένου κοσμητηρίου κομίζουσι, κομίζουσι δὲ μετὰ δᾴδων τε ἡμμένων καὶ ὕμνων ἐπιχωρίων.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Object/ Person Ornamented
Secret images of gods
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Ivory
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified for these secret images, but others of the Dioscuri and Fortune, and as well one of Dionysus, Bacchanals, and another of Aratus, are adorned in gold, ivory, and white marble
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Sicyonians
Notes
The actual passage suggests that there is a place called a kosmetarion in which wooden images of deities are outfitted
Item Identifier
A00972
Determination
Interpreted from context