A dictionary of Greek and Roman . at. Epod. xvii. 48.) A feast was given in honour of the dead, butit is uncertain on what day ; it sometimes appearsto have been given at the time of the funeral, some-times on the Novendiale, and sometimes name of Silicernium was given to this feast(Festus, s. v.) ; of which the etymology is un-known. Among the tombs at Pompeii there is afuneral triclinium for the celebration of these feasts,which is represented in the annexed woodcut.(Mazois, Pomp. i. pi. xx.) It is open to the sky,and the walls are ornamented by paintings of ani-mals
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . at. Epod. xvii. 48.) A feast was given in honour of the dead, butit is uncertain on what day ; it sometimes appearsto have been given at the time of the funeral, some-times on the Novendiale, and sometimes name of Silicernium was given to this feast(Festus, s. v.) ; of which the etymology is un-known. Among the tombs at Pompeii there is afuneral triclinium for the celebration of these feasts,which is represented in the annexed woodcut.(Mazois, Pomp. i. pi. xx.) It is open to the sky,and the walls are ornamented by paintings of ani-mals in the centre of compartments, which haveborders of flowers. The triclinium is made of stone,with a pedestal in the centre to receive the table. After the funeral of great men, there was, in ad-dition to the feast for the friends of the deceased,a distribution of raw meat to the people, calledVisceratio (Liv. viii. 22), and sometimes a publicbanquet. (Suet. Jul. 26.) Combats of gladiatorsand other games were also frequently exhibited in honour of the deceased. Thus at the funeral ofP. Licinius Crassus, who had been Pontifex Maxi-mus, raw meat was distributed to the people, ahundred and twenty gladiators fought, and funeralgames were celebrated for three days ; at the endof which a public banquet was given in the forum.(Liv. xxxix. 46.) Public feasts and funeral gameswere sometimes given on the anniversary of fune-rals. Faustus, the son of Sulla, exhibited inhonour of his father a show of gladiators severalyears after his death, and gave a feast to thepeople, according to his fathers testament. (DionCass, xxxvii. 51 ; Cic. pro Sull. 19.) At all ban-quets in honour of the dead, the guests were dressedin white. (Cic. c. Vatin. 13.) The Romans, like the Greeks, were accustomedto visit the tombs of their relatives at certainperiods, and to offer to them sacrifices and variousgifts, which were called Lnferiae and Romans appear to have regarded the Manes ordepar
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