Deipnosophistae 12.57

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Deipnosophistae 12.57
Quotation
Ὥρων ἐκ πολλῶν πόλεών φησιν κοσμηθῆναι τὴν Σάμον ὑπὸ τοῦ Πολυκράτους, κύνας μὲν Μολοττικὰς καὶ Λακαίνας εἰσαγαγόντος, αἶγας δ᾽ ἐκ Σκύρου καὶ Νάξου, πρόβατα δ᾽ ἐκ Μιλήτου καὶ τῆς Ἀττικῆς, μετεστέλλετο δέ, φησί, καὶ τεχνίτας ἐπὶ μισθοῖς μεγίστοις.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Samos
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Nature
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Painting
Visual Work: Vessel: Cup
Visual Work: Furniture
Medium/a Ornamenting
Molossian and Lacedaemonian dogs, goats from Scyros and Naxos, sheep from Miletus and Attica, works of art (by commissioning artists), costly couches and goblets
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Polycrates
Item Identifier
A01926
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