Description of Greece 8.42.6

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 8.42.6
Quotation
Δῃὼ μέν σε ἔπαυσε νομῆς, Δῃὼ δὲ νομῆας ἐκ δησισταχύων καὶ ἀναστοφάγων πάλι θῆκε, νοσφισθεῖσα γέρα προτέρων τιμάς τε παλαιάς. καί σ’ ἀλληλοφάγον θήσει τάχα καὶ τεκνοδαίτην, εἰ μὴ πανδήμοις λοιβαῖς χόλον ἱλάσσεσθε σήραγγός τε μυχὸν θείαις κοσμήσετε τιμαῖς.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Cavern sacred to Demeter
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Cultic: Object: Votive Offering
Cultic: Building: Shrine
Architecture: Building: Shrine
Medium/a Ornamenting
"Divine honours" - probably votives and other sacred ornaments and a shrine
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Phigalians
Notes
The Pythian oracle is telling the Phigalians to do this
Item Identifier
A00995
Determination
Interpreted from context