Suppliant Women 463

Item

Text Category
Literature: poetry
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
460-469
Location of Display
Reference
Suppliant Women 463
Quotation
νέοις πίναξι βρέτεα κοσμῆσαι τάδε.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Sculpture: Deity
Object/ Person Ornamented
Sculptures of gods
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Painting: Panel Painting
Person
Medium/a Ornamenting
Figuratively, panel paintings
literally, the hung bodies of the chorus members
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Danaids (Chorus)
Notes
True meaning comes in line 465
Item Identifier
A02064
Determination
Derived directly from text