Deipnosophistae 9.79

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Deipnosophistae 9.79
Quotation
Σαπφὼ δ᾽ ὅταν λέγῃ ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ τῶν μελῶν πρὸς τὴν Ἀφροδίτην χερρόμακτρα δὲ πορφύρᾳ κἀπαυγάμενα ταῦτά τοι Μνᾶσις πέμψ᾽ ἀπὺ Φωκάας δῶρα τίμια κὰγ γενῦν, κόσμον λέγει κεφαλῆς τὰ χειρόμακτρα, ὡς καὶ Ἑκαταῖος δηλοῖ ἢ ὁ γεγραφὼς τὰς περιηγήσεις ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ ἐπιγραφομένῃ ‘γυναῖκες δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἔχουσι χειρόμακτρα
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Women
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Medium/a Ornamenting
Head coverings called xeiromaktra
Item Identifier
A01915
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