A dictionary of Greek and Roman . f a very elegant form, and not unlikeour tea-urns both in appearance and representation of one of these vessels is given inthe Museo Borbonico (vol. iii. pi. 63), from whichthe following woodcut is taken. In the middleof the vessel there is a small cylindrical furnace,in which the wood or charcoal was kept forheating the water ; and at the bottom of thisfurnace, there are four small holes for the ashesto fall through. On the right hand side of thevessel there is a kind of cup, communicating withthe part surrounding the furnace, by
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . f a very elegant form, and not unlikeour tea-urns both in appearance and representation of one of these vessels is given inthe Museo Borbonico (vol. iii. pi. 63), from whichthe following woodcut is taken. In the middleof the vessel there is a small cylindrical furnace,in which the wood or charcoal was kept forheating the water ; and at the bottom of thisfurnace, there are four small holes for the ashesto fall through. On the right hand side of thevessel there is a kind of cup, communicating withthe part surrounding the furnace, by which thevessel might be filled without taking off the lid ;and on the left hand side there is in about themiddle a tube with a cock for drawing off theliquid. Beneath the conical cover, and on a levelwith the rim of the vessel, there is a moveable flatcover, with a hole in the middle, which closes thewhole urn except the mouth of the small furnace. Though there can be no doubt that this vesselwas used for the purpose which has been mentioned,. it is difficult to determine its Latin name ; but itwas probably called authepsa [Authepsa.] Pol-lux (x. 66) mentions several names which wereapplied to the vessels used for heating water, ofwhich the lirvo\e6r)$, which also occurs in Lucian(Lexiph. 8), appears to answer best to the vesselwhich has been described above. (Bottiger, Sabi-na, vol. ii. p. 34 ; Becker, Gallus, vol. ii. p. 175.) CALIENDRUM, a peruque or wig, mentionedby Horace. (JSerm. i. 8. 48.) CALIGA, a strong and heavy shoe worn bythe Roman soldiers. Although the use of thisspecies of calceamentum extended to the centu- 234 CALLISTEIA. CALUMNIA. rions, it was not worn by the superior the common soldiers, including centurions,were distinguished by the name of caligati ( 25, Vitell. 7) ; when Cicero therefore says ofPompey mihi caligae ejus non placebant {AdAtt. ii. 3), he merely uses the words to indicatehis military power. Service in the ranks was a
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