A dictionary of Greek and Roman . To the mainyard was attached the mainsail, whichwas hoisted or let down as the occasion might re-quire. For this purpose a wooden hoop was madeto slide up and down the mast, as we see it re-presented in an antique lamp, made in the form ofa ship. (Bartoli, I. c. iii. 31 ; comp. Isid. Orig. ) In the two extremities of the yard (comua,aKpoKepaiai), ropes (ceruchi, Krjpovxoi) were at-tached, which passed to the top of the mast ; andby means of these ropes and the pulleys connectedwith them, the yard and sail, guided by the hoop,were hoisted to
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . To the mainyard was attached the mainsail, whichwas hoisted or let down as the occasion might re-quire. For this purpose a wooden hoop was madeto slide up and down the mast, as we see it re-presented in an antique lamp, made in the form ofa ship. (Bartoli, I. c. iii. 31 ; comp. Isid. Orig. ) In the two extremities of the yard (comua,aKpoKepaiai), ropes (ceruchi, Krjpovxoi) were at-tached, which passed to the top of the mast ; andby means of these ropes and the pulleys connectedwith them, the yard and sail, guided by the hoop,were hoisted to the height required. (Caes. deBell. Gall. iii. 14 ; Lucan, viii. 177 ; Val. Flacc. ) There are numerous representations of an-cient ships in which the antenna is seen, as in thetwo woodcuts here appended. In the second ofthem, there are ropes hanging down from the an-tenna, the object of which was to enable the sailorsto turn the antenna and the sail according to II. tiroCwjxaTa. This part of an ancient vesselwas formerly quite misunderstood, as it was be-lieved to be the boards or planks covering the out-side of a ship and running along it in the directionfrom poop to prow. But Schneider (ad Vitruv. 6) has proved that the word means cordage ortackling, and this opinion, which is supported bymany ancient authors, is confirmed by the docu-ments published by Bockh, where it is reckonedamong the aKevr) Kpsixacrrd. The viro£c!} werethick and broad ropes which ran in a horizontaldirection around the ship from the stern to theprow, and were intended to keep the whole fabric3 e 3 790 They ran round the vessel in severalcircles, and at certain distances from one Latin name for V7r6(cafxa is tormentum. ( xix. 4. 4 ; Plato, de Re Publ. x. p. 616.)The length of these tormenta varied accordingly asthey ran around the higher or lower part of theship, the latter being naturally shorter than
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