A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ii. 133) ; (2.) by married women also,the vitta assumed on the nuptial day being of adifferent form from that used bv virgins. (Prop. 15, iv. 11. 34 ; Plaut. Mil. GL iii. 1. 194; v. 2. § 1.) The Vitta was not worn by libertinae even offair character (Tibull. i. 6. 67), much less by me-retrices; hence it was looked upon as an insignepudoris, and, together with the stola and instita,served to point out at first sight the freeborn ma-tron. (Ovid. A. A. i. 31, R. A. 386, Trist. , Ep. ex Pont. iii. 3. 51.) The colour was probably
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ii. 133) ; (2.) by married women also,the vitta assumed on the nuptial day being of adifferent form from that used bv virgins. (Prop. 15, iv. 11. 34 ; Plaut. Mil. GL iii. 1. 194; v. 2. § 1.) The Vitta was not worn by libertinae even offair character (Tibull. i. 6. 67), much less by me-retrices; hence it was looked upon as an insignepudoris, and, together with the stola and instita,served to point out at first sight the freeborn ma-tron. (Ovid. A. A. i. 31, R. A. 386, Trist. , Ep. ex Pont. iii. 3. 51.) The colour was probably a matter of choice,white and purple are both mentioned. (Ovid. 413, Ciris, 511; Stat AchiU. i. 611.) Oneof those represented in the cuts below is orna-mented with embroidery, and they were in somecases set with pearls (vittae margaritarum, Dig. 2. s. 25. § 2). The following woodcuts represent back and frontviews of the heads of statues from Herculaneum,on which we perceive the vitta. (Bronzi dErce-lano, vol. ii. tav. 72, 75.). II. When employed for sacred purposes, it wasusually twisted round the infula [Infula], andheld together the loose flocks of wool. (Virg. 487, Aen. x. 537; Isidor. xix. 30. § 4 ; Virg. Aen. x. 538 ; the expression of Lucan , &c. is obscure.) Under this form it was em-ployed as an ornament for (1.) Priests, and thosewho offered sacrifice. (Virg. Aen. ii. 221, vi. 637,x. 537 ; Tacit. Ann. i. 57.) (2.) Priestesses, espe-cially those of Vesta, and hence vittata sacerdosfor a Vestal, Kar1 Qoxyv. (Virg. Aen. vii. 418;Ovid. Fast. iii. 30, vi. 457 ; Juv. iv. 9, vi. 50.)(3.) Prophets and poets, who may be regarded aspriests, and in this case the Vittae were frequentlyintertwined with chaplets of olive or laurel. ( iii. 81, vi. 665; Stat. Silo. ii. 1. 26, Achill. i. 11, TJieb. iii. 466). (4.) Statues of deities.(Virg. Aen. ii. 168, 296; Juv. vi. 50; compareStat. SUv. iii. 3. 3.) (5.) Victims decked for sa-crifice.
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