A dictionary of Greek and Roman . of docks, arsenals, streets, &c. This was dictatedby an anxiety on the part of the people that nopart of the revenue should be improperly divertedfrom the Theoric fund, which they thought wouldbe prevented by increasing the powers of its mana-gers. But these extraordinary powers appear notto have been of long continuance. (Aeschin. 57, ed. Steph. ; Bockh, p. 170, &c. ; Scho-mann, Id. 320 ; Wachsmuth, Hcllen. Alt. vol. i. pp. 124—127, 1st ed.) [C. R. K.] THEOXENIA. [Theophania.]THERAPON (depciW). [Helotes.]THERMAE. [Balneae, p. 1
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . of docks, arsenals, streets, &c. This was dictatedby an anxiety on the part of the people that nopart of the revenue should be improperly divertedfrom the Theoric fund, which they thought wouldbe prevented by increasing the powers of its mana-gers. But these extraordinary powers appear notto have been of long continuance. (Aeschin. 57, ed. Steph. ; Bockh, p. 170, &c. ; Scho-mann, Id. 320 ; Wachsmuth, Hcllen. Alt. vol. i. pp. 124—127, 1st ed.) [C. R. K.] THEOXENIA. [Theophania.]THERAPON (depciW). [Helotes.]THERMAE. [Balneae, p. 193, b.]THERMOPOLIUM. [Calida ; Caupona.]THESAURUS {8n)cxavp6s), a buildings of this description were required,especially by kings and states, in the earliest periodof civilization, is self-evident ; and tradition pointsto subterranean buildings in Greece, of unknownantiquity and of peculiar formation, as having beenerected during the heroic period, for the purpose ofpreserving precious metals, arms, and other pro-. PLAN. A, entrance: B, principal chamber: C, srcall sidechamber. perty (Kei/nr}\ia). Such are the treasury of Mi-nyas, at Orchomenus, described by Pausanias (), and of which some remains still exist (Dod-well, vol. i. p. 227), and those of Atreus and hissons at Mycenae (Paus. ii. 16), the chief one ofwhich, the so-called Treasury of Atreus, still existsalmost in a perfect state. The preceding woodcutshows a ground-plan of the building, and a sectionof the principal chamber, which is about 48 feet indiameter, and 50 high, and is vaulted over in themanner described under Arcus, p. 128, a. Theremains of similar structures have been found atvarious places in Greece and Italy. It is, however, very questionable whether theseedifices were treasuries at all: some of the bestarchaeologists maintain that they were question cannot be entered into here: a fulldiscussion of it, with a description of the buildingsthemselves, will be found in the
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