School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . CTATHI. a 2 124 DAGGERS. CYCLAS (kvkXols), a circular robe wornby women, to the bottom of which a borderwas affixed, inlaid with gold. It appearsto have been usually made of some thinmaterial. CYMB A (KviJL§ri) is derived from kv/x§os,a hollow, and is employed to signify anysmall kind of boat used on lakes, rivers,&c. It appears to have been much the sameas the acatium and scapha. CYMB-ALUM {KVfX§a\ov), a musicalinstrument, in the shape of two half globes,which were held one in each hand by theperformer, and played by being struckagainst each
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . CTATHI. a 2 124 DAGGERS. CYCLAS (kvkXols), a circular robe wornby women, to the bottom of which a borderwas affixed, inlaid with gold. It appearsto have been usually made of some thinmaterial. CYMB A (KviJL§ri) is derived from kv/x§os,a hollow, and is employed to signify anysmall kind of boat used on lakes, rivers,&c. It appears to have been much the sameas the acatium and scapha. CYMB-ALUM {KVfX§a\ov), a musicalinstrument, in the shape of two half globes,which were held one in each hand by theperformer, and played by being struckagainst each other. The word is derivedfrom Kvju.€os, a WOMAN PrAYINO WITH CYMBALA. The cymbal was a very ancient instru-ment, being used in the worship of Cybele,Bacchus, Juno, and all the earlier deities ofthe Grecian and Roman mythology. Itprobably came from the East. For sistrum,which some have referred to the class ofcymhala, see Sistrum. D. DAED ALA (AaiSaXa), the name of twofestivals, celebrated in Boeotia in honourof Hera, and called respectively the Greatand the Lesser Daedala. The latter werecelebrated by the Plataeans alone; in thecelebration of the former, Avhich took placeonly every sixtieth year, the Plataeans werejoined by the other Boeotians. DAGGERS. [PuGio; Sica.] DECEMVIRI. DANACE [^avaKii]), properly the nameof a foreign coin, was also the name givento the obolos, which was placed in themouth of the dead to pay the ferryman inHades. DANCING. [Saltatio.] DAPHNEPHORIA {£^a(\>vri<p6pia), afestival celebrated every ninth year atThebes in honour of Apollo, surnamedIsmenius or Galaxius. Its name was de-rived from the l
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