Description of Greece 2.13.6

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Literature: prose
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Description of Greece 2.13.6
Quotation
ἀνάκειται δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς αἲξ χαλκῆ, τὰ πολλὰ ἐπίχρυσος· παρὰ δὲ Φλιασίοις τιμὰς ἐπὶ τῷδε εἴληφε. τὸ ἄστρον ἣν ὀνομάζουσιν αἶγα ἀνατέλλουσα τὰς ἀμπέλους λυμαίνεται συνεχῶς· ἵνα δὲ ἄχαρι μηδὲν ἀπ’ αὐτῆς γένηται, οἱ δὲ τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς χαλκῆν αἶγα ἄλλοις τε τιμῶσι καὶ χρυσῷ τὸ ἄγαλμα ἐπικοσμοῦντες.
Part of Speech
Participle (compound) (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Sculpture: Animal
Cultic: Object: Votive Offering
Visual Work: Material: Bronze
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Object/ Person Ornamented
Votive offering of a gilded bronze she-goat
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Gilding
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gilding
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Philasians
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A00974
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