School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . st centuriesare occasionally called primi ordines. ORGIA. [Hysteria.] OSCHOPHORIA (w(Txo(t>6pia, ooxo-(pSpia), an Attic festival, which, accordingto some writers, was celebrated in honourof Athena and Dionysus, and according toothers, in honour of Dionysus and is said to have been instituted by The-seus. It was a vintage festival, and itsname is derived from 5ffX^> ocrxos, or oaxlfa branch of vines with grapes. OSCILLUM, a diminutive through os-culutn from os, meaning a little face, wasthe term applied to faces or heads of Bac
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . st centuriesare occasionally called primi ordines. ORGIA. [Hysteria.] OSCHOPHORIA (w(Txo(t>6pia, ooxo-(pSpia), an Attic festival, which, accordingto some writers, was celebrated in honourof Athena and Dionysus, and according toothers, in honour of Dionysus and is said to have been instituted by The-seus. It was a vintage festival, and itsname is derived from 5ffX^> ocrxos, or oaxlfa branch of vines with grapes. OSCILLUM, a diminutive through os-culutn from os, meaning a little face, wasthe term applied to faces or heads of Bac-chus, which were suspended in the vineyardsto be turned in every direction by the Whichsoever way they looked, they weresupposed to make the vines in that quarterfruitful. The left-hand figure in the annexedcut represents the countenance of Bacchuswith a beautiful, mild, and propitious ex-pression. The other figure represents atree with four oscilla hung upon itsbranches. A syrinx and a pedum are placedat the root of the tree. OVATIO. 269. OSTIARIUM, a tax upon the doorsof houses, which appears to have been some-times levied in the provinces. Theie wasa similar tax, called columnarium, imposedupon every pillar that supported a [Janua.]OSTRACISM. [ExsiLiuTvi].OVATIO, a lesser triumph. The cir-cumstances by which it was distinguishedfrom the more imposing solemnity [Tri-UMPHUs] were the following: — The gene-ral did not enter the city in a chariot drawnby four horses, but on foot: he was notarrayed in the gorgeous gold embroideredrobe, but in the simple toga praetexta of amagistrate ; his brows were encircled witha wreath, not of laurel but of myrtle; hebore no sceptre in his hand ; the processionwas not heralded by trumpets, headed bythe senate, and thronged with victorioustroops, but was enlivened by a crowd offlute-players, attended chiefly by kniglitsand plebeians, frequently without soldiers:the ceremonies were concluded by the sacri-fice, not of a bu
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