. 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. racter of the train attachedbehind, which in the original designis still more forcibly shown to be aseparate adjunct fastened under thelowest girdle, and not a componentpart of the tunic ; and an attentiveconsideration of the passages abovecited from Horace and Ovid, mani-festly resolving that the instita was
. 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. racter of the train attachedbehind, which in the original designis still more forcibly shown to be aseparate adjunct fastened under thelowest girdle, and not a componentpart of the tunic ; and an attentiveconsideration of the passages abovecited from Horace and Ovid, mani-festly resolving that the instita wasnot an addition all round the bottomof the dress, but one which hungbehind and concealed only the heelsor half the feet, exactly as shown bythe example, altogether produce achain of evidence so clear, circum-stantial, and harmoniously supported,that it is difficult not to be impressedwith its truth. Moreover the imagepresented by a passage of Statius\Theb. vii. 654.), which describes aninstita as being tied for an ornamentunder the head of a thyrsus—pam-pineo subnectitur instita, &c.—agreesfar better with the notion of a longbreadth or scarf, like the one above,than that of a circular flounce, as willbe readily acknowledged upon a re-ference to the article and illustration. s. Mitra. 1., for which term the oneemployed by Statius is merely adoptedas a poetical expression. 2. (cttoA^). The Greeks made useof the term in a more general sense,applying it to any kind of robe wornby men as well as women; and inthis they were followed by the elderLatin writers. Ennius ap. Non. 537. 3. A long and loose flowing tunicworn by musicians (Varro, R. R. 3.), and possess-ing considerable re-semblance to thefemale robe describedabove, for it was ofconsiderable length,and made much widerat bottom than atthe top, so that itwould trail on theground behind, as ifthere were an institaattached to it. Theillustration, from astatue of Apollo in the Vatican, willestablish the above-men
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