A dictionary of Greek and Roman . iuncias horarum { ii. 14. s. 11). The as was also called, in ancient times, assarius(sc. nummus), and in Greek rb hcxadpiov. Accord-ing to Polybius (ii. 15) the assarius was equal tohalf the obolus. On the coins of Chios we , aacapiov rjfjucrv, aacrdpia dvoo, aaadpiarpia. (In addition to the works referred to in thisarticle, and those of Hussey and Wurrn, muchvaluable information will be found in the workentitled, Aes Grave del Museo Kircheriano, &c. Roma, 1839, 4to. ; and in Lepsiuss review of itappended to his treatise Ueber d
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . iuncias horarum { ii. 14. s. 11). The as was also called, in ancient times, assarius(sc. nummus), and in Greek rb hcxadpiov. Accord-ing to Polybius (ii. 15) the assarius was equal tohalf the obolus. On the coins of Chios we , aacapiov rjfjucrv, aacrdpia dvoo, aaadpiarpia. (In addition to the works referred to in thisarticle, and those of Hussey and Wurrn, muchvaluable information will be found in the workentitled, Aes Grave del Museo Kircheriano, &c. Roma, 1839, 4to. ; and in Lepsiuss review of itappended to his treatise Ueber die Tyrrliener-Pelas-ger.) []ASCAULES. [Tibia.] ASCIA (aniirapvov, Horn. Od. v. 235), an (Ins. Vet. Thes. i. 534—536) has pub-lished numerous representations of the adze, as itis exhibited on ancient monuments. We select thethree following, two of which show the instrumentitself, with a slight variety of form, while the thirdrepresents a ship-builder holding it in his righthand, and using it to shape the rib of a We also give another instrument in the above cuttaken from a coin of the Valerian family, andailed acisculus. It was chiefly used by masons,whence, in the ancient glossaries, Aciscularius istranslated Aarojuos, a stone-cutter. As to the reason why Ascia is represented onsepulchral monuments, see Forcellini, Lexicon, [] ASCLEPIEIA (aaxXriTTUia), the name of festi-vals which were probably celebrated in all placeswhere temples of Asclepius (Aescidapius) most celebrated, however, was that of Epi-daurus, which took place every five years, andwas solemnized with contests of rhapsodists andmusicians, and with solemn processions and games.(Schol. ad Pind. Nem. iii. 145 ; Paus. ii. 26. §. 7.)Ao-K\7)Trieia are also mentioned at Lampsacus(Bbckh, Corp. Inscr. vol. ii. p. 1131), and atAthens (Aeschin, c. Ctesipli. p. 455), which were,probably, like those of Epidaurus, solemnized withmusical contests. They took place on the eighthday
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