. 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. composed by the Academicians of theRoyal Antiquarian Society at Naples(Academici Ercolanesi) from partsor indications observable in differentancient monuments, is introducedin order to give a more practicalnotion of the real appearance pre-sented by the stern view of an ancientvessel, than what can be acquire
. 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. composed by the Academicians of theRoyal Antiquarian Society at Naples(Academici Ercolanesi) from partsor indications observable in differentancient monuments, is introducedin order to give a more practicalnotion of the real appearance pre-sented by the stern view of an ancientvessel, than what can be acquiredfrom the conventional figures mostlyexhibited by the artists of compared with the illustration , which shows a prow faith-fully delineated from the antique, itwill be at once seen how well thetwo would suit together, as the foreand after parts of the same vessel. PUTEAL. A dwarf wall orcircular shell of marble or othermaterials surrounding the mouth of awell (puteus) as a protection againstthe danger of falling in. Many of. these have been found in excavations,and may be seen in the various collec- PUTEUS. PYCNOSTYLOS. 539 tions of antiquities, oftentimes richlydecorated with figures or other devicesin relief (the putealia sigillata of i. 10.) ; and the annexed woodcutshows one of the same descriptionstill covering the mouth of a well, asit now exists in the cloisters of theconvent attached to the basilica ofSt. John in the Lateran at Rome. 2. When any spot was struck withlightning it was immediately deemedsacred, and venerated as such by theRomans, being surrounded by a shellof the same character and name aslast described, in order to preserve itfrom the tread of profane feet (Cic.
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