Hippias 5

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Hippias 5
Quotation
μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ἑκατέρωθεν διαρκεῖς τοῖς ' ἀποδυομένοις ἀποθέσεις, καὶ μέσος οἶκος ὕψει τε ὑψηλότατος καὶ φωτὶ φαιδρότατος, ψυχροῦ ὕδατος ἔχων τρεῖς κολυμβήθρας, Λακαίνῃ λίθῳ κεκοσμημένος, καὶ εἰκόνες ἐν αὐτῷ λίθου λευκοῦ τῆς ἀρχαίας ἐργασίας, ἡ μὲν Ὑγιείας, ἡ δὲ Ἀσκληπιοῦ.
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Baths
Object/ Person Ornamented
Bath house - frigidarium
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Marble
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
Laconian marble, statues of Hygieia and Aesculapius
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Hippias
Notes
in Hippias 6 there is a description of another hall with Phrygian marble.
Item Identifier
A01939
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Derived directly from text