School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . rrounding the opening of a well, toprotect persons from falling into it. It waseither round or square, and seems usuallyto have been of the height of three or fourfeet from the ground. It was the practicein some cases to surround a sacred placewith an enclosure open at the top, and suchenclosures, from the great similarity theybore to putealia, were called by this were two such places in the Romanforum ; one of these was called Puteul Libonisor Scribonianum, because a chapel (sacellum)in that place had been struck by lightning,and S
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . rrounding the opening of a well, toprotect persons from falling into it. It waseither round or square, and seems usuallyto have been of the height of three or fourfeet from the ground. It was the practicein some cases to surround a sacred placewith an enclosure open at the top, and suchenclosures, from the great similarity theybore to putealia, were called by this were two such places in the Romanforum ; one of these was called Puteul Libonisor Scribonianum, because a chapel (sacellum)in that place had been struck by lightning,and Scribonius Libo expiated it by properceremonies, and erected a puteal around it,open at the top, to preserve the memory ofthe place. The form of this puteal is pre-served on several coins of the Scribonian puteal seems to have been near theatrium of Vesta, and was a common placeof meeting for usurers. The other putealwas in the comitium, on the left side of thesenate-house, and in it were deposited thewhetstone and razor of Attus PCOI0NE9, BAGOERS. PULLARIUS. [AuspiciuM.]PULPITUM. [Theatrum.]PULVINAR, a couch provided withcushions or pillows (pulvini), on which theRomans placed the statues of the gods at PUTFCULI. [FuNus, p. 185, 6.]PYANEPSIA (TToofei/zja), a festivalcelebrated at Athens every year on the 308 PYTHIA. seventh of Pyanepsion, in honour of Apollo,said to have been instituted by Theseusafter his return from Crete. The festival,as well as the month in which it took place,are said to have derived their names fromjTvafxos, another form for Kvafios, i. e. pulseor beans, which were cooked at this seasonand carried about. PYLAGORAE. [Amphictyones.] PYRA. [FuNus, pp. 181, a, 185, a.] PYRRHICA. [Saltatio.] PYTHIA (7ru0ta), one of the four greatnational festivals of the Greeks. It wascelebrated in the neighbourhood of Delphi,anciently called Pytho, in honour of Apollo,Artemis, and Leto. The place of this so-lemnity was the Crissaean plain, which forthis pur
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