Greek Anthology 6.40

Item

Text Category
Literature: epigram
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
after 479
Location of Display
Reference
Greek Anthology 6.40
Quotation
τόνδε ποθ᾽ Ἕλληνες ῥώμῃ χερός, ἔργῳ Ἄρηος, εὐτόλμῳ ψυχῆς λήματι πειθόμενοι, Πέρσας ἐξελάσαντες, ἐλεύθερον Ἑλλάδι κόσμον ἱδρύσαντο Διὸς βωμὸν Ἐλευθερίου.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Greece/ Hellas
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Cultic: Monument: Altar
Medium/a Ornamenting
Altar to Zeus the Liberator at Plataea (commemorating the Battle of Plataea)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The Greeks
Item Identifier
A01276
Determination
Derived directly from text