School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . AMPYCE3, PRONTLKTS. AMPULLA (XtikvOos, 0on§v\io5), abottle, usually made among the Romans,either of glass or earthenware, rarely ofmore valuable materials. The dealer inbottles was called ampullarius. AMULETUM (TrepiaTTTOu, irepiafjLfm,(pvXaKTTjplov), an amulet. This word in Arabic (hamalet) meansthat wiiich is suspended. It was probablybrought by Arabian merchants, togetherwith the articles to which it was applied,when they were imported into Euiope fromthe East. An amulet was any object, — a stone, aplant, an artificial production, or a piec
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . AMPYCE3, PRONTLKTS. AMPULLA (XtikvOos, 0on§v\io5), abottle, usually made among the Romans,either of glass or earthenware, rarely ofmore valuable materials. The dealer inbottles was called ampullarius. AMULETUM (TrepiaTTTOu, irepiafjLfm,(pvXaKTTjplov), an amulet. This word in Arabic (hamalet) meansthat wiiich is suspended. It was probablybrought by Arabian merchants, togetherwith the articles to which it was applied,when they were imported into Euiope fromthe East. An amulet was any object, — a stone, aplant, an artificial production, or a piece ofwriting, — which was suspended from theneck, or tied to any part of the body, forthe purpose of warding off calamities andsecuring advantages of any kind. Faith inthe virtues of amulets was almost universalin the ancient world, so that the whole artof medicine consisted in a very considerabledegree of directions for their application. ANACEIA (Am/ceia, or AvaKeiov), afestival of theDioscuri or Anactes (AvaKres),as they were called, at At
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