Description of Greece 5.11.8

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Description of Greece 5.11.8
Quotation
ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ βάθρου <τοῦ> τὸν θρόνον τε ἀνέχοντος καὶ ὅσος ἄλλος κόσμος περὶ τὸν Δία, ἐπὶ τούτου τοῦ βάθρου χρυσᾶ ποιήματα, ἀναβεβηκὼς ἐπὶ ἅρμα Ἤλιος καὶ Ζεύς τέ ἐστι καὶ Ἥρα, <ἔτι δὲ Ἥφαιστος,> παρὰ δὲ αὐτὸν Χάρι
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Object/ Person Ornamented
Statue of Zeus on a throne, which is on a pedestal
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Medium/a Ornamenting
Various golden ornamentation, sculpture in the round and in relief - depictions of other gods in gold, reliefs (Helios, Hera, Hephaestus, Grace, Hermes, Hestia, Eros, Aphrodite, Persuasion, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Heracles, Amphitrite, Poseidon, Selene)
Item Identifier
A00983
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