School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . the whole, we may conclude COTTABUS. 119 that they formed the executive and chiefpower in most of the cities of Crete. COTHURNUS (K6eopvos), a boot. Itsessential distinction was its height; it roseabove the middle of the leg, so as to sur-round the calf, and sometimes it reached ashigh as the knees. It was worn principallyby horsemen, by hunters, and by men ofrank and autiiority. The sole of the cothurnus was commonlyof the ordinary thickness ; but it was some-times made much thicker than usual, pro-bably by the insertion of slices of
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . the whole, we may conclude COTTABUS. 119 that they formed the executive and chiefpower in most of the cities of Crete. COTHURNUS (K6eopvos), a boot. Itsessential distinction was its height; it roseabove the middle of the leg, so as to sur-round the calf, and sometimes it reached ashigh as the knees. It was worn principallyby horsemen, by hunters, and by men ofrank and autiiority. The sole of the cothurnus was commonlyof the ordinary thickness ; but it was some-times made much thicker than usual, pro-bably by the insertion of slices of object was, to add to the apparentstature of the wearer; and this was donein the case of the actors in Athenian tra-gedy, who had the soles made unusuallythick as one of the methods adopted inorder to magnify their whole tragedy in general was called co-thurnus. As the cothurnus was commonly worn inhunting, it is represented as part of thecostume of Diana. The accompanyingcut shows two cothurni, both taken fromstatues of COTHURNUS. COTTABUS (/coTTtt^os), a social gamewhich was introduced from Sicily intoGreece, where it became one of the fa-vourite amusements of young people aftertheir repasts. The simplest way in whichit originally was played was this : — One ofthe company threw out of a goblet a cer- 120 COVINUS. tain quantity of wine, at a ceitain distance,into a metal basin. While he was doingthis, he either thought of or pronouncedthe name of his mis^^ress ; and If all thewine fell in the basin, and with a full sound,it was a good sign for the lover. Thissimple amusement soon assumed a varietyof different characters, and became, in someinstances, a regular contest, with prizesfor the victor. One of the most cele-brated modes in which it was carried on iscalled 8t 6^v€d<p(i}u. A basin was filled withwater, with small empty cups (6^vSa<pa)swimming upon it. Into these the youngmen, one after another, threw the remnantof the wine from their
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