Bacchae 857-861

Item

Text Category
Literature: poetry
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
405
Location of Display
Reference
Bacchae 857-861
Quotation
ἀλλ᾽ εἶμι κόσμον ὅνπερ εἰς Ἅιδου λαβὼν ἄπεισι μητρὸς ἐκ χεροῖν κατασφαγείς, Πενθεῖ προσάψων: γνώσεται δὲ τὸν Διὸς Διόνυσον, ὃς πέφυκεν ἐν τέλει θεός, δεινότατος, ἀνθρώποισι δ᾽ ἠπιώτατος.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Pentheus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Medium/a Ornamenting
Women's clothing - floor-length linen robes, long hair, a headband, a thrysos, and dappled fawn-skin
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Dionysus
Item Identifier
A02115
Determination
Derived directly from text