. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. ntaining wine and water mixedtogether. The illustration is copiedfrom a marble vase (Buonarotti, Vasidi Vetro. p. 31.), bearing an inscrip-tion dedicated to Silvanus, and orna-mented with a wreath of vine corresponds exactly in form withtwo others delineated by the Pompeianartists, one of which is p
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. ntaining wine and water mixedtogether. The illustration is copiedfrom a marble vase (Buonarotti, Vasidi Vetro. p. 31.), bearing an inscrip-tion dedicated to Silvanus, and orna-mented with a wreath of vine corresponds exactly in form withtwo others delineated by the Pompeianartists, one of which is placed at thefeet of a statue of Bacchus ( vii. 56.), and the other in thehands of the god Acratus ( vii. 62.), which, taken together,are quite sufficient to identify the form. ACROPODIUM. A word coinedfrom the Greek, thoughnot found in any Greekauthor ; the exact mean-ing of which is open tosome doubts; but themost probable interpre-tation seems to be, thelow square plinth com-monly seen under thefeet of a marble statue(Hygin. Fab. 88.), as inthe illustration, whichrepresents the statue ofJuno, placed in front ofa temple, from the Vati-can Virgil. This acro-podium formed a component part ofthe statue itself; but it also served asa sort of upper basement or podium. (aKpov irofiiov) for the figure to rest on,when it was placed in an elevatedposition, or upon a regular base con-structed for the purpose, as in the il-lustration. ACROTERIA (aKpor^pia). Thepedestals placed on the summit andangles of a pediment for the purpose
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