Chaereas and Callirhoe 3.2.16

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
Chaereas and Callirhoe 3.2.16
Quotation
μία δὲ πάντων ἦν ἐπιθυμία Καλλιρόην θεάσασθαι, καὶ περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς Ὁμονοίας ἠθροίσθη τὸ πλῆθος, ὅπου πάτριον ἦν τοῖς γαμοῦσι τὰς νύμφας παραλαμβάνειν. τότε πρῶτον ἐκοσμήσατο μετὰ τὸν τάφον· κρίνασα γὰρ ἅπαξ γαμηθῆναι καὶ πατρίδα καὶ γένος τὸ κάλλος ἐνόμισεν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Callirhoe
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Cosmetics
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests, probably clothing, jewellery, cosmetics
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Callirhoe herself
Item Identifier
A02055
Determination
Interpreted from context