Description of Greece 5.12.4

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 5.12.4
Quotation
ἐν δὲ Ὀλυμπίᾳ παραπέτασμα ἐρεοῦν κεκοσμημένον ὑφάσμασιν Ἀσσυρίοις καὶ βαφῇ πορφύρας τῆς Φοινίκων ἀνέθηκεν Ἀντίοχος, οὗ δὴ καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ θεάτρου τοῦ Ἀθήνῃσιν ἡ αἰγὶς ἡ χρυσῆ καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῆς ἡ Γοργώ ἐστιν ἀναθήματα.
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Cultic: Object: Votive Offering
Visual Work: Textile
Object/ Person Ornamented
Woollen curtain given by Antiochus at Olympia
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Weaving
Visual Work: Dye
Medium/a Ornamenting
Assyrian weaving and Phoenician purple
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Antiochus
Item Identifier
A00984
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Derived directly from text