Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.2.51

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Author
Diogenes Laertius
Reference
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.2.51
Quotation
πρῶτον μὲν τὰ περὶ τὸ μουσεῖον καὶ τὰς θεὰς συντελεσθῆναι κἄν τι ἄλλο ἰσχύῃ περὶ αὐτὰς ἐπικοσμηθῆναι πρὸς τὸ κάλλιον
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Object/ Person Ornamented
The Museum in Athens, and the statues of goddesses in them
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Textile
Visual Work: Painting
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: architectural repairs, perhaps jewellery/ clothing/ painting for the statues as well as their pedestals and any added sculptural elements
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Hipparchus
Notes
Theophrastes leaves instruction in his will for Hipparchus to use the funds bequeathed to him to repair the Museum with the statues
Item Identifier
A01073
Determination
Interpreted from context