A dictionary of Greek and Roman . for the manufacture and sale of this class of pro-ductions, the work being principally performed bywomen and girls. (Aristoph. Thesm 455.) When a priest was preparing a sacrifice, he oftenappeared with a festoon intended to be placed onthe door of the temple {festafronde, Virg. Aen. ; mriis sertis, iv. 202 ; Juv. xii. 84 ; Lucan, ), on the front of the altar (Virg. Aen. i. 417)or upon the head of the victim. Thus in the Iliad(i. 14, 28), Chryses besides the gilded sceptrewhich denoted his office and authority carries agarland in hono
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . for the manufacture and sale of this class of pro-ductions, the work being principally performed bywomen and girls. (Aristoph. Thesm 455.) When a priest was preparing a sacrifice, he oftenappeared with a festoon intended to be placed onthe door of the temple {festafronde, Virg. Aen. ; mriis sertis, iv. 202 ; Juv. xii. 84 ; Lucan, ), on the front of the altar (Virg. Aen. i. 417)or upon the head of the victim. Thus in the Iliad(i. 14, 28), Chryses besides the gilded sceptrewhich denoted his office and authority carries agarland in honour of Apollo, which was probablj^wound about the sceptre. (See also Aristoph. , Po*,948 ; Callim. Hymn, in Cer. 45.) Theact here described is seen in the annexed woodcut,which is taken from a bas-relief in the collectionof antiques at Ince-Blundell, and represents apriestess carrying in her two hands a festoon tosuspend upon the circular temple which is seen inthe distance. As the festoons remained on the. temples long after their freshness had departed,they became very combustible. The temple ofJuno at Argos was destroyed in consequence of their being set on fire. (Thuc. iv. 133. § 2 ;Paus. ii. 17- § 7.) The garlands on funereal monu-ments hung there for a year, and were then re-newed. (Tibull. ii. 4. 48, 7. 32 ; Propert. iii. ) The funeral pile was also decorated in asimilar manner, but with an appropriate choice ofplants and flowers. (Virg. Aen. iv. 506.) Festoons were placed upon the door-posts ofprivate houses in token of joy and affection ( 2. 14) more especially on occasion of a wedding.(Lucan, ii. 354.) They were hung about a palacein compliment to the wealthy possessor {insertabocoronis atria, Prudent, in Symm. ii. 726): and onoccasions of general rejoicing the streets of a citywere sometimes enlivened with these splendid andtasteful decorations. (Martial, vi. 79. 8.) The smaller garlands or crowns, which wereworn by persons on the head or round
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