A dictionary of Greek and Roman . is was the head-dress which character-ized the north-western Asiatics, and more especiallythe Armenians (Xen. Cyr. 1. § 13; Sueton. Nero,13), the Parthians, and the Persians (Herod, ; Philost. Sen. Imag. ii. 31 ; Plaut. Pers. 2), as distinguished from the Greeks and Ro-mans, whose hats fitted the head or had only alow crown. The Mysian hat, or Phrygian bon-net, as it is now called [Pileus, p. 919, b.], wasa kind of tiara (Virg. A en. vii. 247; Servius, in loc;Sen. Thyest. iv. 1. 40, 41 ; Philostr. Jun. ), formed with lappets to
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . is was the head-dress which character-ized the north-western Asiatics, and more especiallythe Armenians (Xen. Cyr. 1. § 13; Sueton. Nero,13), the Parthians, and the Persians (Herod, ; Philost. Sen. Imag. ii. 31 ; Plaut. Pers. 2), as distinguished from the Greeks and Ro-mans, whose hats fitted the head or had only alow crown. The Mysian hat, or Phrygian bon-net, as it is now called [Pileus, p. 919, b.], wasa kind of tiara (Virg. A en. vii. 247; Servius, in loc;Sen. Thyest. iv. 1. 40, 41 ; Philostr. Jun. ), formed with lappets to be tied under the chin(Juv. vi. 516 ; Val. Flacc. vi. 700), and dyedpurple. (Ovid. Met. xi. 181.) The king of Persia wore an erect tiara, whilstthose of his subjects were 30ft and flexible, fallingon one side. (Herod, vii. 61 ; Xen. Anab. ii. 5.§ 23, Cyrop. viii. 3. § 13 ; Schol. in Aristoph. I. c.)He was also distinguished by the splendid coloursof his tiara (Themist. Orat. 2. p. 36, c, 24. , c), and by a Diadema, which encircled it,. TIBIA. and which was variegated with white spots upona blue ground. The Persian name for this regalhead-dress was cidaris. (Curt. iii. 8 ; iddapis orKLTapis, Strabo, xi. 12. § 9 ; Pollux, vii. § 58.)The preceding woodcut shows the cidaris as repre-sented on a gem in the Royal Cabinet at Paris,and supposed by Caylus to be worn by a sovereignof Armenia. (Recueil cPAnt. ii. p. 124.) Froma very remote period (Aeschyl. Pers. 668) downto the present day the tiara of the king of Persiahas been commonly adorned with gold and jewel-lery. s [J. Y.] TIBIA (av\6s), a pipe, the commonest musicalinstrument of the Greeks and Romans. It wasvery frequently a hollow cane perforated withholes in the proper places. (Plin. H. N. xvi. 66 ; Athen. iv. p. 182.) In other instances itwas made of some kind of wood, especially box,and was bored with a gimblet (terebrato busco,Ovid. Fast. vi. 697). The Phoenicians used a pipe,called gingrus, or av\hs yiyypai
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