A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ery. (Paus. ii. 17. § 3.) [L. S.] THORAX. [Lorica.]THRACES. [Gladiatores, p. 57§, a.]THRANITAE (bpeuriTcu). [Navis,P. 788,a.]THRONUS, the Greek &p6vos, for which theproper Latin term is solium ; a throne. This didnot differ from a chair (icaOeSpa) [Cathedra ;Sella] except in being higher, larger, and in allrespects more magnificent. (Athen. v. p. 192, e.)On account of its elevation it was always neces-sarily accompanied by a foot-stool {subsellium,vttottoSiov, Att. Spaviov, Ion. frprivvs, Horn. II. , Od. i. 131, x. 315). Besides a variety
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ery. (Paus. ii. 17. § 3.) [L. S.] THORAX. [Lorica.]THRACES. [Gladiatores, p. 57§, a.]THRANITAE (bpeuriTcu). [Navis,P. 788,a.]THRONUS, the Greek &p6vos, for which theproper Latin term is solium ; a throne. This didnot differ from a chair (icaOeSpa) [Cathedra ;Sella] except in being higher, larger, and in allrespects more magnificent. (Athen. v. p. 192, e.)On account of its elevation it was always neces-sarily accompanied by a foot-stool {subsellium,vttottoSiov, Att. Spaviov, Ion. frprivvs, Horn. II. , Od. i. 131, x. 315). Besides a variety ofornaments, especially nails or studs of silver, be-stowed upon the throne itself, it was often coveredwith beautiful and splendid drapery. (Horn. 150.) [Tapes.] The accompanying woodcutshows two gilded thrones with cushions and dra-pery represented on paintings found at Resina.{Ant. dErc. vol. i. tav. 29.) These were intendedto be the thrones of Mars and Venus, which isexpressed by the helmet on the one and the doveon the All the greater gods were sometimes representedas enthroned. This was in imitation of the prac-tice adopted by mortals, and more particularly inAsia, as in the case of Xerxes (Philostr. Imag. ), and of the Parthians. (Claud, in IV. 214.) When the sitting statue of the godwas colossal, the throne was of course great in pro-portion, and consequently presented a very eligiblefield for the display of sculpture and painting. Asearly as the sixth century before Christ Bathyclesof Magnesia thus decorated the throne of theAmyclaean Apollo. {Diet, of Biog. art. Bathycles.)The throne of the Olympian Zeus, the work ofPheidias, was constructed and ornamented in asimilar manner. {Diet, of Biog. art. Pheidias,vol. iii. p. 252.) As a chair for common use wassometimes made to hold two persons (Horn. II. , Od. xvii. 330) and a throne shared by twopotentates {Slcppov, Doris, ap. Athen. i. p. 17, f.), sotwo divinities were sometimes sup
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