Vita Apollonii 6.15

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Philostratus the Athenian
Reference
Vita Apollonii 6.15
Quotation
ἑνὸς δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ χρυσᾶς ἴυγγας ἀνάψαι λέγεται Σειρήνων τινὰ ἐπεχούσας πειθώ, ξυνελέξατό τε τὰ εὐδοκιμώτατα τῶν ἀναθημάτων ἐς τὴν Πυθὼ κόσμου ἕνεκα
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Cultic: Building: Temple
Architecture: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temple at Delphi
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Sculpture: Animal
Visual Work: Vessel
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Most precious offerings at Delphi - works of art and sculpture (of gods, men, horses, bulls, animals), vessels (Glaucus' mixing bowl), painting (Capture of the Citadel of Ilion painted by Polygnotus), precious metals, expensive jewellery
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Apollo
Item Identifier
A02017
Determination
Derived directly from text