Histories 1.111.3-4

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
440
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Reference
Histories 1.111.3-4
Quotation
ὡς δὲ τάχιστα ἐσῆλθον, ὁρέω παιδίον προκείμενον ἀσπαῖρόν τε καὶ κραυγανώμενον, κεκοσμημένον χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἐσθῆτι ποικίλῃ. Ἅρπαγος δὲ ὡς εἶδέ με, ἐκέλευε τὴν ταχίστην ἀναλαβόντα τὸ παιδίον οἴχεσθαι φέροντα καὶ θεῖναι ἔνθα θηριωδέστατον εἴη τῶν ὀρέων, φὰς Ἀστυάγεα εἶναι τὸν ταῦτα ἐπιθέμενόν μοι, πόλλ᾿ ἀπειλήσας εἰ μή σφεα ποιήσαιμι. καὶ ἐγὼ ἀναλαβὼν ἔφερον, δοκέων τῶν τινος οἰκετέων εἶναι· οὐ γὰρ ἂν κοτὲ κατέδοξα ἔνθεν γε ἦν. ἐθάμβεον δὲ ὁρέων χρυσῷ τε καὶ εἵμασι κεκοσμημένον, πρὸς δὲ καὶ κλαυθμὸν κατεστεῶτα ἐμφανέα ἐν Ἁρπάγου.
Part of Speech
Participle (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Cyrus II, son of Mandane and Cambyses
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Embroidery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold (jewellery?) and embroidered clothing
Item Identifier
A02136
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