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furling sails and preparing to row to the shore.1 The pa-
noramic view from the summit of Aito will enable the rea-
der to form an idea of the extent and variety of the pros-
pect from this spot.
Having passed the double gates, which, in places so si-
tuated as to render it practicable, were of size sufficient for
the admission of carriages, a portico or peristyle presented
itself, running round a court termed ctvkyg which was1 hy-
paethral, and on the sides of which were ranged the apart-
ments of the edifice. The gate was covered in, for the
sounding or echoing entrance is often mentioned.3 It was
secured by a lock,4 and the doors were tied together by a
rope. Cattle, destined for slaughter, were tied to the pil-
lars5 which were ranged to the right and left of it. Per-
haps the gateway only was termed tt^^ojxoj,6 as the name
seems to imply a vicinity to the entry.
We find the terms sjqoh^og and a^ovs^ ^ifov&co, each
used to express that part of the house where strangers
slept.7 It is not, therefore, impossible that they may apply
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1 Od. 16. 352.
5 Od. 20. 189.
1 Athenasus. lib. 5.
6 Od. 20. line 1.
3Od. 21. 391. 40d. 21. 241.
7 Od. 3. 399. Od. 20. line 1.
furling sails and preparing to row to the shore.1 The pa-
noramic view from the summit of Aito will enable the rea-
der to form an idea of the extent and variety of the pros-
pect from this spot.
Having passed the double gates, which, in places so si-
tuated as to render it practicable, were of size sufficient for
the admission of carriages, a portico or peristyle presented
itself, running round a court termed ctvkyg which was1 hy-
paethral, and on the sides of which were ranged the apart-
ments of the edifice. The gate was covered in, for the
sounding or echoing entrance is often mentioned.3 It was
secured by a lock,4 and the doors were tied together by a
rope. Cattle, destined for slaughter, were tied to the pil-
lars5 which were ranged to the right and left of it. Per-
haps the gateway only was termed tt^^ojxoj,6 as the name
seems to imply a vicinity to the entry.
We find the terms sjqoh^og and a^ovs^ ^ifov&co, each
used to express that part of the house where strangers
slept.7 It is not, therefore, impossible that they may apply
L
1 Od. 16. 352.
5 Od. 20. 189.
1 Athenasus. lib. 5.
6 Od. 20. line 1.
3Od. 21. 391. 40d. 21. 241.
7 Od. 3. 399. Od. 20. line 1.