2^8 Arch&ologu Attic*. Lib. S.Cas.^.
their poslure at eating was lying upon nhcu beds (imitated by
a Fcll,l.6.c.i. tne Roman ) wjtn a 4,^5@- a matt a ci0se by, which had
bed cloches and all to sseep upon. Thole txi'mu^ were usually
b A'ippb.in covered with skinnes.- according to that in the bPoetofone
E2- that lay snorting upon a fuil belly.
And sometimes with Tapisiry, sor the better sort: sor with
such sAckilks his EmbasTadours are entertained in e Homer,
cIkio. —ramia 73 c*ro?tu^olai 7 he manner
of lying was on their sides, and leaning upon their elbowes.
And therefore Siltnm, in Euripides, bids soclops ( when they
sate at meate upon the ground ) @H 3 toV dyxXva, ivgu'dtuxs to
place bid elbow handfomely. They ressed their seet upon a S/h-
w, or a soot-ft00h\ such a one as Juno would befto W upon Som*
rim for the same use.
And yet I remember one in the Poets Ve(pa, asking how he
should sit, was bid joVtw h^eiytir^ to ftrttcb out hu tyites. The
table was ordinarily Triyiu. UnfelTe the man were os a high? r
(lemack. then he that ssid , Sit mibi mtnfa tripes: sor then ir.
might be of another fashion. But ufually it was made with
three leggs, and an l-m^ua. upon it, called ( in imitation
os the Tripm at Delphos) to be taken oss, and see on, as they
had occasion. Oswhat fashion foever it was, they used to re-
verence it with a great deale os religion j fo as not to have a-
ny uncivil! or prosane or immodeft discourfe, as long as they
EP-.*7* sate at it. Fcr why ( saies Synesiut) it is holy and confecrgted
to lupiter *£*/©•, and Which gave occafion to that ex*
d n <$P pre^on oiDemosther.es n?0'As<j wvrpA^tu-srv anviPcu. Aod
Sit. z. tojuvenals reverenti«menf<t. The e firft that ever dsred to
profane the table, were the Women that killed Tenia his'Ton,
Fius. h Ptccb. and served him up in the difh.
c a p;
their poslure at eating was lying upon nhcu beds (imitated by
a Fcll,l.6.c.i. tne Roman ) wjtn a 4,^5@- a matt a ci0se by, which had
bed cloches and all to sseep upon. Thole txi'mu^ were usually
b A'ippb.in covered with skinnes.- according to that in the bPoetofone
E2- that lay snorting upon a fuil belly.
And sometimes with Tapisiry, sor the better sort: sor with
such sAckilks his EmbasTadours are entertained in e Homer,
cIkio. —ramia 73 c*ro?tu^olai 7 he manner
of lying was on their sides, and leaning upon their elbowes.
And therefore Siltnm, in Euripides, bids soclops ( when they
sate at meate upon the ground ) @H 3 toV dyxXva, ivgu'dtuxs to
place bid elbow handfomely. They ressed their seet upon a S/h-
w, or a soot-ft00h\ such a one as Juno would befto W upon Som*
rim for the same use.
And yet I remember one in the Poets Ve(pa, asking how he
should sit, was bid joVtw h^eiytir^ to ftrttcb out hu tyites. The
table was ordinarily Triyiu. UnfelTe the man were os a high? r
(lemack. then he that ssid , Sit mibi mtnfa tripes: sor then ir.
might be of another fashion. But ufually it was made with
three leggs, and an l-m^ua. upon it, called ( in imitation
os the Tripm at Delphos) to be taken oss, and see on, as they
had occasion. Oswhat fashion foever it was, they used to re-
verence it with a great deale os religion j fo as not to have a-
ny uncivil! or prosane or immodeft discourfe, as long as they
EP-.*7* sate at it. Fcr why ( saies Synesiut) it is holy and confecrgted
to lupiter *£*/©•, and Which gave occafion to that ex*
d n <$P pre^on oiDemosther.es n?0'As<j wvrpA^tu-srv anviPcu. Aod
Sit. z. tojuvenals reverenti«menf<t. The e firft that ever dsred to
profane the table, were the Women that killed Tenia his'Ton,
Fius. h Ptccb. and served him up in the difh.
c a p;