. 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. how to steer, as in the annexed illus-tration from a medal. He was secondin command to the gubemator, andhad every thing belonging to theships gear under his care and Bud. iv. 3. 86. Rutil. 455. Schseffer. Mil. Nav. iv. 6. PROREUS (*m>cft). Same asthe preceding. Ov. Met iii. 634. PROS
. 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. how to steer, as in the annexed illus-tration from a medal. He was secondin command to the gubemator, andhad every thing belonging to theships gear under his care and Bud. iv. 3. 86. Rutil. 455. Schseffer. Mil. Nav. iv. 6. PROREUS (*m>cft). Same asthe preceding. Ov. Met iii. 634. PROSCENIUM QirpocTK-iw^ov).The stage of an ancient theatre, in-cluding the whole space of the ele-vated platform, bounded by the per-manent wall of the scena at the back,and by the orchestra in front ( 6. 1. Ib. 7. 1. Apul. Flor. Georg. ii. 381. Serv. ad /.).. ships head (prord), to keep a lookout, and make signs to the helmsman This stage, or part before the scenes,did not, however, extend backwards,either in a Greek or Roman theatre,to nearly so great a depth as thestage of a modern playhouse, becausethe number of characters in theancient drama were much fewer thanwe are accustomed to introduce, andthe chorus of the Greeks performedall their evolutions in the orchestra,while the Romans did not exhibitany chorus at all. The illustrationpresents a view of the prosceniumin the great theatre at Pompeii,taken from the centre of the firstlobby (prceciiictio), and shows a largepart of the orchestra, with the stagebeyond, then the wall of the scenewith its three entrances, and theboundary wall of the postscenium, in ahalf tint at the back. PROSTOMIS. The reading ofsome editions for Postomis ; whichsee. 3 Y 2 532 PROSTYLOS. PSALTERIUM.
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