“Also she put upon her [i.e., someone else’s] head a crown of gold which the very famous Limping God made himself and worked with his own hands as a favor to Zeus his father. On it was much curious work, wonderful to see; for of the many creatures which the land and sea rear up, he put most upon it, wonderful things, like living beings with voices; and great beauty shone out from it.” These lines come from the literary work known as