Knights 565-568

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Text Category
Literature: poetry
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
424
Location of Display
Author
Reference
Knights 565-568
Quotation
εὐλογῆσαι βουλόμεσθα τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἄνδρες ἦσαν τῆσδε τῆς γῆς ἄξιοι καὶ τοῦ πέπλου, οἵτινες πεζαῖς μάχαισιν ἔν τε ναυφάρκτῳ στρατῷ πανταχοῦ νικῶντες ἀεὶ τήνδ’ ἐκόσμησαν πόλιν·
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Athens
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Building
Architecture: Infrastructure
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Medium/a Ornamenting
Public buildings, temples, artworks, infrastructure
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Athenian forefathers
Item Identifier
A02072
Determination
Derived directly from text