Charicles : or, Illustrations of the private life of the ancient Greeks : with notes and excursuses . riitiiip^oy. Aswas also the case among the Eomans, certain places were morehonourable than others, and absurd contentions sometimes oc-curred among the guests. See Lucian, Coiwiv. s. Lapith. 9,Deor. dial. 1-3 ; Plutarch, Sept. Sap. Conv. 3. The place of honourseems to have been that next the master of the house. , 21 : O ^£ fjuKpofjjiXÖTiijioQ roioürog Tit;, owe (TTravöuaui lirlct~nriot KXr/dug nao avrov tov KuXeaavTa KaruKtipevoc öenrirj(Ttu. Hence Socrates lies next Agathon, who
Charicles : or, Illustrations of the private life of the ancient Greeks : with notes and excursuses . riitiiip^oy. Aswas also the case among the Eomans, certain places were morehonourable than others, and absurd contentions sometimes oc-curred among the guests. See Lucian, Coiwiv. s. Lapith. 9,Deor. dial. 1-3 ; Plutarch, Sept. Sap. Conv. 3. The place of honourseems to have been that next the master of the house. , 21 : O ^£ fjuKpofjjiXÖTiijioQ roioürog Tit;, owe (TTravöuaui lirlct~nriot KXr/dug nao avrov tov KuXeaavTa KaruKtipevoc öenrirj(Ttu. Hence Socrates lies next Agathon, who himself lies firston the kXIit], or superior, as the Romans said. Before reclining, the guests first sat down upon the couches,in order that the attendants might take off their sandals andwash their feet {vn-oXveiv and uTiovi^eiy). Plato, Symp. pp. 175,213. In some reliefs they are represented as standing during they)erformance of the ablution. See Mar-bles of the Brit. Mus. ii. 4,This is also seen in the accompanying Plate. Scene YL] THE MEALS. ^19. ngDliJiOiOiUAUiUiUAUi
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