A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ited in aflat circular basket (naveou, canistrum), and thiswas frequently carried by a virgin on her head tothe altar. The practice was observed more espe-cially at Athens. When a private man sacrificed,either his daughter, or some unmarried female ofhis family, officiated as his canephoros ( 241—252) ; but in the Panathenaea, theDionysia, and other public festivals, two virgins ofthe first Athenian families were appointed for thepurpose. Their function is described by Ovid(Met. ii. 713—715). That the office was accounted highhy h
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ited in aflat circular basket (naveou, canistrum), and thiswas frequently carried by a virgin on her head tothe altar. The practice was observed more espe-cially at Athens. When a private man sacrificed,either his daughter, or some unmarried female ofhis family, officiated as his canephoros ( 241—252) ; but in the Panathenaea, theDionysia, and other public festivals, two virgins ofthe first Athenian families were appointed for thepurpose. Their function is described by Ovid(Met. ii. 713—715). That the office was accounted highhy honourableappears from the fact, that the resentment of Har-modius, which instigated him to kill Hipparchus,arose from the insult offered by the latter in for-bidding the sister of Harmodius to walk as cane-phoros in the Panathenaic procession. ( 56 ; Aelian, V. H. xi. 8.) An antefixa in theBritish Museum (see woodcut) represents the twocanephoroe approaching a candelabrum. Each ofthem elevates one arm to support the basket, while. he slighfy raises her tunic with the other. Thisattitude was much admired by ancient (H. N. xxxvi. 4. s. 7) mentions a marblecanephoros by Scopas, and Cicero (Verr. iv. 3)describes a pair in bronze, which were the exquisitework of Polycletus. [Caryatis.] [J. Y.] CANISTRUM. [Canephoros.] CANTABRUM, a standard used at the timeof the Roman empire, and carried in festive pro-cessions. (Tertull. Apol. 16 ; Minuc. Felix, 29.) CANTERII is used by Vitruvius (iv. 2) forthe rafters of the roof, extending from the ridge tothe eaves. [P. S.] CANTHARUS (tcavQapos) was a kind ofdrinking-cup. furnished with handles {cantliarusansa, Virg. Eel vi. 17 ; Hor. Carm.^ i. 20). It issaid by some writers to have derived its namefrom one Cantharus, who first made cups of this 238 CAPISTRUM. CAPSA. forni. (Athen. xi. p. 474, e ; Pollux, vi. 96 ;Plin. II. N. xxxiv. 19. § 25.) The cantharus wasthe cup sacred to Bacchus (Macrob. Sat. v. 21 ;Plin. II.
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