School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . If a third horse wasadded, as was not unfrequently the case, itwas fastened by traces. The horse so attachedwas called iraprjopos, irapdfTeipos, fffipafpdpos,in Latin, funalis, and is opposed to the(^vylrai or C^yioi, the yoke-horses. The Latinname for a chariot and pair was higa. Whena third horse was added, it was called tnga ;and by the same analogy a chariot and fourwas called quadriga ; in Greek, rerpaopia orTeOpiiriros. CYATHUS. 1S3 The horses were commonly harnessed ina quadriga after the manner already repre-sented, the two strongest h
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . If a third horse wasadded, as was not unfrequently the case, itwas fastened by traces. The horse so attachedwas called iraprjopos, irapdfTeipos, fffipafpdpos,in Latin, funalis, and is opposed to the(^vylrai or C^yioi, the yoke-horses. The Latinname for a chariot and pair was higa. Whena third horse was added, it was called tnga ;and by the same analogy a chariot and fourwas called quadriga ; in Greek, rerpaopia orTeOpiiriros. CYATHUS. 1S3 The horses were commonly harnessed ina quadriga after the manner already repre-sented, the two strongest horses being placedunder the yoke, and the two others fastenedon each side by means of ropes. This isclearly seen in the two quadrigae figuredbelow, especially in the one on the righthand. It represents a chariot overthrownin passing the goal at the circus. Thecharioteer having fallen backwards, the poleand yoke are thrown upwards into the air;the two trace-horses have fallen on theirknees, and the two yoke-horses are prancingon their hind QUADRIGAE. The currus was adapted to carry twopersons, and on this account was called inGreek Si(ppos. One of the two was of coursethe driver. He was called rjvioxos, becausehe held the reins, and his companion irapai-€aT7js, from going by his side or near him. In the Homeric ages, chariots were com-monly employed on the field of men of rank all took their chariotswith them, and in an engagement placedthemselves in front. CUSTODES. [CoMiTiA.] CYATHUS (K6ados), a Greek andRoman liquid measure, containing one-twelfth of the sextarius, or 0825 of a pintEnglish. The form of the cyathus used atbanquets was that of a small ladle, bymeans of which the wine was conveyedinto the drinking-cups from the large vessel(^crater) in which it was mixed. Two of these cyathi are represented in the fol-lowing woodcut.
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