Description of Greece 10.32.1

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Description of Greece 10.32.1
Quotation
στάδιον δέ σφισιν ἀνωτάτω τῆς πόλεως τοῦτό ἐστιν· ἐπεποίητο δὲ ἐκ τῆς πέτρας ὁποῖαι περὶ τὸν Παρνασσόν εἰσιν αἱ πολλαί, ἄχρις Ἀθηναῖος Ἡρώδης λίθῳ τῷ Πεντελῆσιν αὐτὸ μετεκόσμησεν.
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Stadium
Object/ Person Ornamented
Stadium at Delphi
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Medium/a Ornamenting
Pentelic marble (previously with marble from Parnassus)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Herodes the Athenian
Item Identifier
A01005
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