Description of Greece 3.21.4

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 3.21.4
Quotation
μία μὲν πέτρα συνεχὴς οὐ διήκουσα, λίθοι δὲ ὀρύσσονται σχῆμα τοῖς ποταμίοις ἐοικότες, ἄλλως μὲν δυσεργεῖς, ἢν δὲ ἐπεργασθῶσιν, ἐπικοσμήσαιεν ἂν καὶ θεῶν ἱερά, κολυμβήθραις δὲ καὶ ὕδασι συντελοῦσι μάλιστα ἐς κάλλος.
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Sanctuary
Cultic: Building: Sanctuary
Object/ Person Ornamented
Sanctuaries of various gods
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Stone
Medium/a Ornamenting
Stones from quarry at Croceae, shaped like river pebbles
Item Identifier
A00979
Determination
Derived directly from text