School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . re all performedin one day and in a certain order, one afterthe other, by the same athletae. The pen-tathlon was introduced in the Olympicgames in Ol. 18. PENTECOSTE (irfvrnKoar^), a dutyof two per cent, levied upon all exportsand imports at Athens, llie money wascollected by persons called Tr€VTr)K0(XTo\ merchant who paid the duty was said?KiVT7)KuvT€V(a6ai. All the customs appearto have been let to farm, and probablyfrom year to year. They were let to thehighest bidders by the ten PoltUie, actingunder the authority of the senate. The
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . re all performedin one day and in a certain order, one afterthe other, by the same athletae. The pen-tathlon was introduced in the Olympicgames in Ol. 18. PENTECOSTE (irfvrnKoar^), a dutyof two per cent, levied upon all exportsand imports at Athens, llie money wascollected by persons called Tr€VTr)K0(XTo\ merchant who paid the duty was said?KiVT7)KuvT€V(a6ai. All the customs appearto have been let to farm, and probablyfrom year to year. They were let to thehighest bidders by the ten PoltUie, actingunder the authority of the senate. Thefarmers were called leXSovai, and were said PEPLUM or PEPLUS (WttAos), anouter garment, strictly worn by females,and thus corresponding to the himation orpallium, the outer garment worn by all other pieces of cloth used for theAmictus, it was often fastened by means ofa brooch. It was, however, frequentlyworn without a brooch, in the mannerrepresented in the annexed cut. Each of the females in this group wears PEUA. PERDUELLIO. 281. a tunic, falling down to her feet, and overit an ample peplus, which she passes en-tirely round her body, and then throws theloose extremity of it over her left shoulderand behind her back, as is distinctly seen inthe sitting figure. Of all the productions of the loom, pepliwere those on which the greatest skill andlabour were bestowed. So various andtasteful were the subjects which they repre-sented, that poets delighted to describe art of weaving them was entirely ori-ental ; and those of the most splendid dyesand curious workmanship were importedfrom Tyre and Sidon. They often consti-tuted a very important part of the treasuresof a temple, having been presented to thedivinity by suppliants and devotees. PER A (TTTjpa), a wallet, made of leather,worn suspended at the side by rustics andby travellers to carry their provisions, andadopted in imitation of them by the Cynicphilosophers. The annexed cut is therepresentation of a g
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