Description of Greece 3.16.1

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 3.16.1
Quotation
τὸ μὲν δὴ ἕτερον τῶν ἀγαλμάτων ἱερασαμένη τις ταῖς θεαῖς Λευκιππὶς ἐπεκόσμησε, πρόσωπον ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀρχαίου ποιησαμένη τῆς ἐφ’ ἡμῶν τέχνης τὸ δὲ ἕτερον μὴ καὶ τοῦτο ἐπικοσμεῖν αὐτὴν ἀπεῖπεν ὄνειρον.
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Cultic: Object: Effigies and Representations
Object/ Person Ornamented
Images of Hilaeira and Phoebe at their sanctuary in Sparta
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
Re-carved faces
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Leucippis, priestess of Hilaeira and Phoebe
Item Identifier
A00978
Determination
Derived directly from text