Description of Greece 3.10.8

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
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Reference
Description of Greece 3.10.8
Quotation
Λακεδαιμονίοις γὰρ ἐπιφανέστερά ἐστι τὰ ἐς τὸν Ἀμυκλαῖον, ὥστε καὶ τὸν χρυσόν, ὃν Κροῖσος ὁ Λυδὸς τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ἔπεμψε τῷ Πυθαεῖ, τούτῳ ἐς κόσμον τοῦ ἐν Ἀμύκλαις κατεχρήσαντο ἀγάλματος.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Cultic: Object: Effigies and Representations
Object/ Person Ornamented
Cult image of Apollo at Amyclae
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Gilding
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Various ornaments, but specifically named is gold from Lydia - might include gilding or applied jewellery
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Lacedaemonians
Item Identifier
A00976
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