Description of Greece 10.14.5

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Description of Greece 10.14.5
Quotation
μή μοι Περσῆος σκύλων περικαλλέα κόσμον νηῷ ἐγκαταθῇς· οἶκόνδ’ ἀπόπεμπε τάχιστα.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temple of Apollo at Dephi
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Spoils
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Medium/a Ornamenting
Persian spoils - probably sculpture, painting
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Themistocles
Notes
The oracle told Themistocles not to dedicate the spoils
Item Identifier
A01003
Determination
Derived directly from text