. 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. the shoulders and at the back, asshown by the right-hand figure of PHARETRIGER. PHONASCUS. 499. the first woodcut, so that the ar-row was drawn out over the rightshoulder. 2. By suspending it lowdown the back so that the mouthcame on a level with the left hip, asin the left-hand example, when thearrow was ext
. 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. the shoulders and at the back, asshown by the right-hand figure of PHARETRIGER. PHONASCUS. 499. the first woodcut, so that the ar-row was drawn out over the rightshoulder. 2. By suspending it lowdown the back so that the mouthcame on a level with the left hip, asin the left-hand example, when thearrow was extracted by passing thehand across the belly. Both thesefigures personify the goddess of thechase, the first from a medal, theother from a terra-cotta lamp. 3. Orlastly, by sling-ing the quiveracross the back,with its mouthtowards theright elbow, sothat the arrowswere taken outby passing theright hand be-hind the back,in the mannerexhibited by the annexed example,from a Greek marble, representing aPhrygian archer. The three figureswill also explain many passages,more especially in the Greek poets,where the epithets used distinctlyimply one or other of the differentarrangements exhibited above. PHARETRIGER. Sil. Ital. Same as Pharetratus. PHARMACOPOLA ftwfluaico-ttcoXtjs). One who makes and vendsquack medicines (Hor. Sat. i. 2. L);not a legitimate dealer or practitione
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