Parallela minora 35

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Parallela minora 35
Quotation
λοιμοῦ κατασχόντος Λακεδαίμονα, ἔχρησεν ὁ θεὸς παύσασθαι, ἐὰν παρθένον εὐγενῆ κατὰ ἔτος θύωσιν. Ἑλένης δέ ποτε κληρωθείσης καὶ προαχθείσης κεκοσμημένης, ἀετὸς καταπτὰς ἥρπασε τὸ ξίφος καὶ ἐς τὰ βουκόλια κομίσας ἐπὶ δάμαλιν κατέθηκεν ὅθεν ἀπέσχοντο τῆς παρθενοκτονίας
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Helen of Sparta
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing: Insignia
Medium/a Ornamenting
Adorned for sacrifice - probably specific robes
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Priests?
Item Identifier
A01860
Determination
Interpreted from context