A dictionary of Greek and Roman . I. A bronze altar, not differing probably inits original form from the tall tripod caldron alreadydescribed. In this form, but with additional or-nament, we see it in the annexed woodcut, whichrepresents a tripod found at Frejus. (Spon, Ant. p. 118.) That this was intended to beused in sacrifice may be inferred from the bulls-head with a fillet tied round the horns, which wesee at the top of each leg. All the most ancient representations of thesacrificial tripod exhibit it of the same generalshape, together with three rings at the top
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . I. A bronze altar, not differing probably inits original form from the tall tripod caldron alreadydescribed. In this form, but with additional or-nament, we see it in the annexed woodcut, whichrepresents a tripod found at Frejus. (Spon, Ant. p. 118.) That this was intended to beused in sacrifice may be inferred from the bulls-head with a fillet tied round the horns, which wesee at the top of each leg. All the most ancient representations of thesacrificial tripod exhibit it of the same generalshape, together with three rings at the top to serveas handles (ovara, Horn. II. xviii. 378). Since ithas this form on all the coins and other ancientremains, which have any reference to the Delphicoracle, it has been with sufficient reason concludedthat the tripod, from which the Pythian priestessgave responses, was of this kind. The right-hand figure in the woodcut is copied from one, TRIPOS. published by K. 0. Miiller (Bottigers AmaltJtea,i. p. 119), founded upon numerous ancient au-. thorities, and designed to show the appearanceof the oracular tripod at Delphi. Besides theparts already mentioned, viz. the three legs, thethree handles, and the vessel or caldron, it showsa flat, round plate, called oA/nos, on which thePythia seated herself in order to give responses,and on which lay a laurel wreath at other figure also shows the position of the Cortina,which, as well as the caldron, was made of verythin bronze, and was supposed to increase theprophetic sounds which came from underneath theearth. (Virg. Aen. iii. 92.) The celebrity of this tripod produced innu-merable imitations of it (Diod. xvi. 26), calledDelphic tripods. (Athen. v. p. 199.) Theywere made to be used in sacrifice, and still morefrequently to be presented to the treasury bothin that and in many other Greek temples. ( pp. 231, f—232, d. ; Paus. iv. 32. § 1.)[Donaria.] Tripods were chiefly dedicated toApollo (Paus. iii. 18. § 5) a
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