Description of Greece 5.11.5

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Description of Greece 5.11.5
Quotation
τούτων τῶν ἐρυμάτων ὅσον μὲν ἀπαντικρὺ τῶν θυρῶν ἐστιν, ἀλήλιπται κυανῷ μόνον, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ αὐτῶν παρέχεται Παναίνου γραφάς. ἐν δὲ αὐταῖς ἔστι μὲν οὐρανὸν καὶ γῆν Ἄτλας ἀνέχων, παρέστηκε δὲ καὶ Ἡρακλῆς ἐκδέξασθαι τὸ ἄχθος ἐθέλων τοῦ Ἄτλαντος, ἔτι δὲ Θησεύς τε καὶ Πειρίθους καὶ Ἑλλάς τε καὶ Σαλαμὶς ἔχουσα ἐν τῇ χειρὶ τὸν ἐπὶ ταῖς ναυσὶν ἄκραις ποιούμενον κόσμον,
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Bow of a ship
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Carving
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Material: Wood
Medium/a Ornamenting
Ornaments specifically made for bows of ships, probably wood sculpture/ carving
Notes
Pausanias is describing a painting
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A00982
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