Isthmian 1.17-22

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Text Category
Literature: poetry
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
458
Reference
Isthmian 1.17-22
Quotation
κεῖνοι γὰρ ἡρώων διφρηλάται Λακεδαίμονι καὶ Θήβαις ἐτέκνωθεν κράτιστοι· ΄ἔν τ᾿ ἀέθλοισι θίγον πλείστων ἀγώνων, καὶ τριπόδεσσιν ἐκόσμησαν δόμον καὶ λεβήτεσσιν φιάλαισί τε χρυσοῦ, γευόμενοι στεφάνων νικαφόρων· λάμπει δὲ σαφὴς ἀρετά ἔν τε γυμνοῖσι σταδίοις σφίσιν ἔν τ᾿ ἀσπιδοδούποισιν ὁπλίταις δρόμοις, οἷά τε χερσὶν ἀκοντίζοντες αἰχμαῖς καὶ λιθίνοις ὁπότ᾿ ἐν δίσκοις ἵεν· οὐ γὰρ ἦν πενταέθλιον, ἀλλ᾿ ἐφ᾿ ἑκάστῳ ἔργματι κεῖτο τέλος.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
Houses of Castor and Iolaus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Garlands
Visual Work: Vessel: Cup
Medium/a Ornamenting
tripods, garlands, goblets, cauldrons - prizes for athletic victories
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Castor and Iolaus
Item Identifier
A02170
Determination
Derived directly from text