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OF THE MISCELLANY CUSTOMS OF GREECE.
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to every man, meaning that ail persons were not fit to be made out-
friends. This ceremony was very ancient, and is mentioned in Ho-
mer (1) :
Hence St^iZ<f6c^m sometimes joined with oUfrr«i£i<r6a^and is almost sy-
nonymous to it : trfus in Aristophanes (2) :
-.--—-*utov tt«-7ra,'£ovTO x.si
Sometimes it is used figuratively for any sort of entertainment or recep-
tion. Thus we find SsfyHif&m Suiri, Ssfyztftiai rga,irs?7j, o^isrf&xj Supqis, 8s£[&<S-
Qcu "XgnZois Xoyoig, xai M/<ji£, &c-
Sometimes they kissed the lips, hand?, knees, or feet, in salutations, as
the person deserved more or less respect. There was a particular sort
of kiss,Which is called by Suidas X^rbov' ^y Pollux, X"T£a' the pot, crforav
<ra. iraiSia (piXoi'/j tojv vtuv Xa^avo^sva, when they took the person like a
pot, by both his ears, which was chiefly practised by or towards children
We find it mentioned by Eunicus (3) :
And by Tibullus (4) :
-natwegue parenti
Oscula comprensis auribus eripiet.
As also by Theocritus, from whom it appears to have been sometimes us-
ed by men and women (5) :
Tcev ctTW KxQexoTr, ore o\ rriv ftiffo-ctv WWa-
The guests being admitted, did not immediately sit down at the table,
which was accounted ill breeding, but spent some time in viewing and
commending the room and furniture : this the son in Aristophanes (6) in-
structs his father to do :
Opo<p»v &i*a-ttt, x.pw.a.S'i aOmc d-cttjfjizTov ■
Which observation, with others of the same nature, is taken notice of by
Athenaeus (7).
CHAP. XIX.
OF THE CEREMONIES AT ENTERTAINMENTS. ,
The ancient Grecians sat at meat. There are three sorts of seats
mentioned by Homer :
(1) Odyss. f. v. 33. (4) Lib. ii.
<2) Pluto. (5) Idyll, t. v. 132.
(3) In Antia, aptid Julium Pollucem. (6) Vespis, (7) Lib. ir» cap. 27,
607
to every man, meaning that ail persons were not fit to be made out-
friends. This ceremony was very ancient, and is mentioned in Ho-
mer (1) :
Hence St^iZ<f6c^m sometimes joined with oUfrr«i£i<r6a^and is almost sy-
nonymous to it : trfus in Aristophanes (2) :
-.--—-*utov tt«-7ra,'£ovTO x.si
Sometimes it is used figuratively for any sort of entertainment or recep-
tion. Thus we find SsfyHif&m Suiri, Ssfyztftiai rga,irs?7j, o^isrf&xj Supqis, 8s£[&<S-
Qcu "XgnZois Xoyoig, xai M/<ji£, &c-
Sometimes they kissed the lips, hand?, knees, or feet, in salutations, as
the person deserved more or less respect. There was a particular sort
of kiss,Which is called by Suidas X^rbov' ^y Pollux, X"T£a' the pot, crforav
<ra. iraiSia (piXoi'/j tojv vtuv Xa^avo^sva, when they took the person like a
pot, by both his ears, which was chiefly practised by or towards children
We find it mentioned by Eunicus (3) :
And by Tibullus (4) :
-natwegue parenti
Oscula comprensis auribus eripiet.
As also by Theocritus, from whom it appears to have been sometimes us-
ed by men and women (5) :
Tcev ctTW KxQexoTr, ore o\ rriv ftiffo-ctv WWa-
The guests being admitted, did not immediately sit down at the table,
which was accounted ill breeding, but spent some time in viewing and
commending the room and furniture : this the son in Aristophanes (6) in-
structs his father to do :
Opo<p»v &i*a-ttt, x.pw.a.S'i aOmc d-cttjfjizTov ■
Which observation, with others of the same nature, is taken notice of by
Athenaeus (7).
CHAP. XIX.
OF THE CEREMONIES AT ENTERTAINMENTS. ,
The ancient Grecians sat at meat. There are three sorts of seats
mentioned by Homer :
(1) Odyss. f. v. 33. (4) Lib. ii.
<2) Pluto. (5) Idyll, t. v. 132.
(3) In Antia, aptid Julium Pollucem. (6) Vespis, (7) Lib. ir» cap. 27,