Persians 831-834

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Text Category
Literature: poetry
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
472
Location of Display
Reference
Persians 831-834
Quotation
σὺ δ᾽, ὦ γεραιὰ μῆτερ ἡ Ξέρξου φίλη, ἐλθοῦσ᾽ ἐς οἴκους κόσμον ὅστις εὐπρεπὴς λαβοῦσ᾽ ὑπαντίαζε παιδί.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Xerxes
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Embroidery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Fine embroidered robe
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Atossa, mother of Xerxes
Notes
Ghost of Darius instructs Atossa to fetch a fine robe for her son
Item Identifier
A02066
Determination
Derived directly from text