. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. ample from a Doric entablature ofthe theatre of Marcellus at ; TiENIOLA (ratvQiov). Diminu-tive of Taenia. Any small band ortie. Columell. xi. 3. 23. TALARIS. Reaching to theankle joints, or heels. See Tunica. TALARIA (Tre^Aa, Horn. 77. ) Sandals with wings affixedto the sides near the ankle-bo
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. ample from a Doric entablature ofthe theatre of Marcellus at ; TiENIOLA (ratvQiov). Diminu-tive of Taenia. Any small band ortie. Columell. xi. 3. 23. TALARIS. Reaching to theankle joints, or heels. See Tunica. TALARIA (Tre^Aa, Horn. 77. ) Sandals with wings affixedto the sides near the ankle-bone(talus); attributed by the artists andpoets to Mer-cury ( iv. 239.),Perseus ( iv. 666.),and to Miner-va. (Cic. 23.) Theillustration isfrom a figure of Mercury painted atPompeii, in which the sole, and liga-tures by which the wings were at-tached to the foot, are clearly deline-ated. TALENTUM (rd\aurov). TheGreek name for a pair of scales(libra), whence the term was trans-ferred to the object weighed ; and asit was an early practice to weigh outthe sums of money to be paid, thetalent came to signify a definite weightin money, as well as other commo-dities ; varying, however, in differentstates of Greece, and at differentperiods of her history. The Attic. talent of money contained six thou-sand drachmas, worth about 243/. our money; the Attic talent ofweight was equal to about 571b.; theiEginetan to nearly 82|lb. de pond. 37. TALUS (asTpdya\os). The pasternbone of certain animals, which wasemployed by the ancients in variousgames of chance and skill, instead ofa dice (tessera). The actualbone was frequently used ;but imitations of it weremade in other materials,especially of stone and bronze, ofwhich metal the original of the an-nexed example consists. It had butfour flat sides instead of six, the twoends being round, so that the bonewould not stand upon either of points were marked upon thefour flat sides; 1 and 6 upon twoop
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