Iphigenia in Tauris 632-635

Item

Text Category
Literature: poetry
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
414-412
Location of Display
Reference
Iphigenia in Tauris 632-635
Quotation
πολύν τε γάρ σοι κόσμον ἐνθήσω τάφῳ, ξανθῷ τ᾽ ἐλαίῳ σῶμα σὸν κατασβέσω, καὶ τῆς ὀρείας ἀνθεμόρρυτον γάνος ξουθῆς μελίσσης ἐς πυρὰν βαλῶ σέθεν.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Person
Architecture: Monument: Funerary: Tomb
Object/ Person Ornamented
Tomb, pyre, and corpse of Orestes
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
VIsual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Nature
Cultic: Object: Offerings
Medium/a Ornamenting
Yellow oil, honey, and other ornaments for tomb (relief? stela?)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Iphigenia
Item Identifier
A02127
Determination
Derived directly from text