Chaplet
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
a chaplet of chased gold · chaplet · the crown of gold · the garniture of death · the golden crown
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Clouds
A garland placed on Strepsiades' head as part of Socrates' mock religious initiation.
Take, then, this chaplet.
For what purpose a chaplet?
Medea
A golden wreath, poisoned by Medea, that bursts into flame on the princess's head and cannot be removed.
with her own hand will she lift and place upon her golden locks the garniture of death.
I too will aid thee in this task, for by the children’s hand I will send to her gifts that far surpass in beauty, I well know, aught that now is seen’mongst men, a robe of finest tissue and a chaplet of chased gold.
and she starts from her seat in a blaze and seeks to fly, shaking her hair and head this way and that, to cast the crown therefrom;