Description of Greece 7.20.6

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 7.20.6
Quotation
ἔχεται δὲ τῆς ἀγορᾶς τὸ Ὠιδεῖον, καὶ Ἀπόλλων ἐνταῦθα ἀνάκειται θέας ἄξιος· ἐποιήθη δὲ ἀπὸ λαφύρων, ἡνίκα ἐπὶ τὸν στρατὸν τῶν Γαλατῶν οἱ Πατρεῖς ἤμυναν Αἰτωλοῖς Ἀχαιῶν μόνοι. κεκόσμηται δὲ καὶ ἐς ἄλλα τὸ Ὠιδεῖον ἀξιολογώτατα τῶν ἐν Ἕλλησι, πλήν γε δὴ τοῦ Ἀθήνῃσι·
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
Odeon in Athens
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: architectural elements and sculptures
Item Identifier
A00988
Determination
Interpreted from context