Electra 1000-1003

Item

Text Category
Literature: poetry
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
410-419
Location of Display
Reference
Electra 1000-1003
Quotation
σκύλοισι μὲν γὰρ θεῶν κεκόσμηνται δόμοι Φρυγίοις, ἐγὼ δὲ τάσδε, Τρῳάδος χθονὸς ἐξαίρετ᾽, ἀντὶ παιδὸς ἣν ἀπώλεσα σμικρὸν γέρας, καλὸν δὲ κέκτημαι δόμοις.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
Temples of the gods
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Military: Spoils
Visual Work: Vessel
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Military: Arms and Armour
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Phrygian (Trojan) spoils; probably includes weapons and shields, vessels, sculptures, jewelllery
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Victorious Greeks returning from Troy (Agamemnon etc)
Item Identifier
A02096
Determination
Derived directly from text