Eumenides 50-56

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Text Category
Literature: poetry
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
458
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Reference
Eumenides 50-56
Quotation
εἶδόν ποτ᾽ ἤδη Φινέως γεγραμμένας δεῖπνον φερούσας: ἄπτεροί γε μὴν ἰδεῖν αὗται, μέλαιναι δ᾽ ἐς τὸ πᾶν βδελύκτροποι: ῥέγκουσι δ᾽ οὐ πλατοῖσι φυσιάμασιν: ἐκ δ᾽ ὀμμάτων λείβουσι δυσφιλῆ λίβα: καὶ κόσμος οὔτε πρὸς θεῶν ἀγάλματα φέρειν δίκαιος οὔτ᾽ ἐς ἀνθρώπων στέγας.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Furies/ Erinyes
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Medium/a Ornamenting
Ragged and disgusting clothing
Item Identifier
A02065
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