Description of Greece 3.11.3

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 3.11.3
Quotation
ἐπιφανέστατον δὲ τῆς ἀγορᾶς ἐστιν ἣν στοὰν Περσικὴν ὀνομάζουσιν ἀπὸ λαφύρων ποιηθεῖσαν τῶν Μηδικῶν· ἀνὰ χρόνον δὲ αὐτὴν ἐς μέγεθος τὸ νῦν καὶ ἐς κόσμον τὸν παρόντα μεταβεβλήκασιν. εἰσὶ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν κιόνων Πέρσαι λίθου λευκοῦ καὶ ἄλλοι καὶ Μαρδόνιος ὁ Γωβρύου.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
Persian Portico in Sparta
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Military: Spoils
Medium/a Ornamenting
Spoils from the Persian wars - marble figures of Persians, Mardonius, Artemisia
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Spartans
Item Identifier
A00977
Determination
Derived directly from text