Seven Against Thebes 473-479

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Text Category
Literature: poetry
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
467
Location of Display
Reference
Seven Against Thebes 473-479
Quotation
καὶ δὴ πέπεμπται, κόμπον ἐν χεροῖν ἔχων, Μεγαρεύς, Κρέοντος σπέρμα τοῦ σπαρτῶν γένους, ὃς οὔ τι μάργων ἱππικῶν φρυαγμάτων βρόμον φοβηθεὶς ἐκ πυλῶν χωρήσεται, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ θανὼν τροφεῖα πληρώσει χθονὶ ἢ καὶ δύ᾿ ἄνδρε καὶ πόλισμ᾿ ἐπ᾿ ἀσπίδος ἑλὼν λαφύροις δῶμα κοσμήσει πατρός.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
House of Creon
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Arms and Armour
Military: Spoils
Medium/a Ornamenting
War booty - armour seized in battle
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Megareus, son of Creon
Item Identifier
A02063
Determination
Derived directly from text