. Archaeologia Graeca; or, The antiquities of Greece. A New ed., to which is added an appendix containing a concise history of the Grecian states and a short account of the lives and writings of the most celebrated Greek authors. 4 M m ^ m £dnUnirjh -t^iJ-iu/uJ h^Jhii^.Stirluu/.J^SliAc ISIS. Of thc Mililari/ Affain of Grccce. IgQ Jiave bc( n placed : oii thc top of all tlicsc vvas a passage, or placeto walk iii, cailcd Tra^oJo?, aiid 7ru^u6^;iy as joining to thc ^pxvotor iippcrniost baiik of oars. 2. n^u^», the prow or fore-deck, wlicnce it is sometimes calledf^iru-xov, i
. Archaeologia Graeca; or, The antiquities of Greece. A New ed., to which is added an appendix containing a concise history of the Grecian states and a short account of the lives and writings of the most celebrated Greek authors. 4 M m ^ m £dnUnirjh -t^iJ-iu/uJ h^Jhii^.Stirluu/.J^SliAc ISIS. Of thc Mililari/ Affain of Grccce. IgQ Jiave bc( n placed : oii thc top of all tlicsc vvas a passage, or placeto walk iii, cailcd Tra^oJo?, aiid 7ru^u6^;iy as joining to thc ^pxvotor iippcrniost baiik of oars. 2. n^u^», the prow or fore-deck, wlicnce it is sometimes calledf^iru-xov, ihc forchcad, and coinmonly dislinguishcd by olher meta-phorical tities taken froin humaii faces. In some ships ihere ismeiitioii of tvvo prows, as iikcvvise of tvvo sterns. Thus was Da-iiauss sliip adorncd by Miiierva, vvhen he fled from Egypt. Itwas customary to beautify the prow witli gold, and various sortsof pamt and colours. In the piimitive times, red was most inuse ; wliencc Homers ships were commoniy dignified with thetitles of f^iXT07ra^y,ot, and (potvtKOTrd^Yioi, or red-faced. The blue, like-wise, or sky-coiour, vvas frequently made use of, as bearing a nearresemblance to the coiour of the sea, vvhence we find ships calledby Homer kv
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