. The life of the Greeks and Romans. Homers time baskets (icaveov), probably round or oval, were used,at meals, to keep bread and pastry in. They had a low rim andhandles (Fig. 203, c). The kaneon was also used at offerings, asis proved by Fig. 203, c, where it is filled with pomegranates,holy boughs, and ribbons. At the Panathenaia noble Athenianmaidens carried such baskets,filled with holy cakes, incense,and knives, on their heads,whence the name Kaw]<p6poi ap-plied to them. These gracefulfigures were a favourite subject ofantique sculpture. Both Poly-klete and Skopas had done acelebrated
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. Homers time baskets (icaveov), probably round or oval, were used,at meals, to keep bread and pastry in. They had a low rim andhandles (Fig. 203, c). The kaneon was also used at offerings, asis proved by Fig. 203, c, where it is filled with pomegranates,holy boughs, and ribbons. At the Panathenaia noble Athenianmaidens carried such baskets,filled with holy cakes, incense,and knives, on their heads,whence the name Kaw]<p6poi ap-plied to them. These gracefulfigures were a favourite subject ofantique sculpture. Both Poly-klete and Skopas had done acelebrated kanephore—the for-mer in bronze, the latter inmarble. The GTcvpU, chiefly usedfor carrying fish, was also a flatbasket, similar to that used at thepresent day by fishermen in theSouth. Other baskets used bypeasants appear frequently in an-tique pictures, such as Fig. 203, d,in the original carried by apeasant on a stick over his shoulder, together with another basketof the same pear-like shape; Fig. 203, f and e, are taken from a.
Size: 1534px × 1629px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookpublisherlondonchapmanandha
