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that which is described by Alexander ab Alexandra{a). They
placed a little bason of metal on the ground, then they drank,
taking care at te same to leave a little wine at the bottom
of their cup, which was thrown into the bason, and the sound
of the bason determined whether they were beloved or not
by the person on whom they were thinking. By the passage
of Athenoeus, taken from the Comedy of Aristophanes intitled
the Guefts{b\ it appears, that in this game mirtle was ma-
de some use of*, the man that is playing at Cottabus, has
a sprig of it in his hand; but the passage of Aristophanes
does not precisely determine its destination. As to the crowns,
and the person who is playing on the ssute in this plate, the
verses at the beginning of the XV. Book of Atheneus, teach
us, that when the table was uncovered, it was the custom
to introduce a man or woman to play on the ssute , or
some other instrument in order to amuse the Guefts, and at
the feme time to present them with crowns *, those w orn
round the neck, were called by the Greeks, Hypotbymiades{c\
Plate 47. ) A Woman dressing to go to the Theatre,
or to assist at some religious festival. It is known tiiat crowns
w ere worn on both those occassons.
Plate 48.) The inhabitants of Bassara, a Town of Ly-
dia, were celebrated for the veneration they had for Bac-
chus , and sor the zeal, which they testified in all the reli-
gious ceremonies, which were relative to that Devinity.
By this means they acquired such respest from the wor-
shippers of Bacchus, that they borrowed from them several
objefts appertaining to his worship-, such was the dress of
the three Bacchantes in this plate, who are dressed in a long
robe called Bassaride . The Bacchante in the middle has
her
(a) T. J. pag. 665. (c) Athen. Lib. XV. chap, s,
(jp) Athen. Lib. XV. chap. 2,
that which is described by Alexander ab Alexandra{a). They
placed a little bason of metal on the ground, then they drank,
taking care at te same to leave a little wine at the bottom
of their cup, which was thrown into the bason, and the sound
of the bason determined whether they were beloved or not
by the person on whom they were thinking. By the passage
of Athenoeus, taken from the Comedy of Aristophanes intitled
the Guefts{b\ it appears, that in this game mirtle was ma-
de some use of*, the man that is playing at Cottabus, has
a sprig of it in his hand; but the passage of Aristophanes
does not precisely determine its destination. As to the crowns,
and the person who is playing on the ssute in this plate, the
verses at the beginning of the XV. Book of Atheneus, teach
us, that when the table was uncovered, it was the custom
to introduce a man or woman to play on the ssute , or
some other instrument in order to amuse the Guefts, and at
the feme time to present them with crowns *, those w orn
round the neck, were called by the Greeks, Hypotbymiades{c\
Plate 47. ) A Woman dressing to go to the Theatre,
or to assist at some religious festival. It is known tiiat crowns
w ere worn on both those occassons.
Plate 48.) The inhabitants of Bassara, a Town of Ly-
dia, were celebrated for the veneration they had for Bac-
chus , and sor the zeal, which they testified in all the reli-
gious ceremonies, which were relative to that Devinity.
By this means they acquired such respest from the wor-
shippers of Bacchus, that they borrowed from them several
objefts appertaining to his worship-, such was the dress of
the three Bacchantes in this plate, who are dressed in a long
robe called Bassaride . The Bacchante in the middle has
her
(a) T. J. pag. 665. (c) Athen. Lib. XV. chap, s,
(jp) Athen. Lib. XV. chap. 2,