Andromache 147-153

Item

Text Category
Literature: poetry
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
425
Location of Display
Reference
Andromache 147-153
Quotation
κόσμον μὲν ἀμφὶ κρατὶ χρυσέας χλιδῆς στολμόν τε χρωτὸς τόνδε ποικίλων πέπλων οὐ τῶν Ἀχιλλέως οὐδὲ Πηλέως ἄπο δόμων ἀπαρχὰς δεῦρ᾽ ἔχουσ᾽ ἀφικόμην, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ Λακαίνης Σπαρτιάτιδος χθονὸς Μενέλαος ἡμῖν ταῦτα δωρεῖται πατὴρ πολλοῖς σὺν ἕδνοις, ὥστ᾽ ἐλευθεροστομεῖν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Hermione
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Dye
Visual Work: Embroidery
Medium/a Ornamenting
A gold crown/ diadem and multi-coloured cloth (dyed? embroidered?)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Menelaos
Item Identifier
A02116
Determination
Derived directly from text