A dictionary of Greek and Roman . 2, No. 3 below No. 2, and so of the rest ; and that,going in the same direction, the couch to the righthand was above the others, and the couch to theleft hand below the others. Accordingly the fol-lowing fragment of Sallust (ap. Serv. in i. 698) contains the denominations of thecouches as shown on the plan : Igitur discu-buere: Sertorius ( No. 6) inferior in medio;super eum L. Fabius Hispaniensis senator ex pro-scriptis( No. 5) : in summo Antonius (No. 1) ; etinfra scriba Sertorii Versius (Aro. 2): et alter scri-ba Maecenas (No. 8)
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . 2, No. 3 below No. 2, and so of the rest ; and that,going in the same direction, the couch to the righthand was above the others, and the couch to theleft hand below the others. Accordingly the fol-lowing fragment of Sallust (ap. Serv. in i. 698) contains the denominations of thecouches as shown on the plan : Igitur discu-buere: Sertorius ( No. 6) inferior in medio;super eum L. Fabius Hispaniensis senator ex pro-scriptis( No. 5) : in summo Antonius (No. 1) ; etinfra scriba Sertorii Versius (Aro. 2): et alter scri-ba Maecenas (No. 8) in imo, medius inter Tarqui-nium (No. 7) et dominum Perpernam (No. 9).On the same principle, No. 1 was the highest place(Locus summus) on the highest couch ; No. 3 wasLocus imus in leeto summo ; No. 2 Locus mediusin lecto summo ; and so on. It will be found thatin the following passage (Hor. Sat. ii. 8. 20—23)the guests are enumerated in the order of their ac-cubation—an order exhibited in the annexed dia-gram. NomentanusNasidienusPorcius. Fundanius, one of the guests, who was at the toprelatively to all the others, says, Summus ego, et prope me Viscus Thurinus, etinfra, Si memini, Varius : cum Servilio BalatroneVibidius, quos Maecenas adduxerat erat super ipsum, Porcius infra. It is possible that Maecenas ought to be in theplace No. 4 instead of No 5, since the entertain-ment wasgiven more especially in honour of him,and No. 4 was an honourable place. The hosthimself, Nasidienus, occupies the place No. 8,which was usually taken by the master of the feast,and was a convenient situation forgiving directionsand superintending the entertainment. Unlessthere be an exception in the instance of No. 4, it isto be observed that at each table the most honour-able was the middle place. (Virg. Aen. i. 698.) The general superintendence of the dining-roomin a great house was intrusted to a slave called tri-ctiniarcha, who, through the instrumentality of otherslaves of
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