. 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. clothes while bathing ; for in thepublic establishments every personwas compelled by law to strip himselfbefore he passed into the interiorapartments, as a check to robbery,and to prevent the concealment ofstolen articles about the person. ( 26.) The illustration repre-. sents the interior of the Apod
. 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. clothes while bathing ; for in thepublic establishments every personwas compelled by law to strip himselfbefore he passed into the interiorapartments, as a check to robbery,and to prevent the concealment ofstolen articles about the person. ( 26.) The illustration repre-. sents the interior of the Apodyteriumin the baths at Pompeii ; its relativeposition with regard to the otherapartments of the establishment maybe seen on the ground-plan ofBalinejs, on which it is markeda. It is furnished with three doors:the one on the left hand, at thefurther end of the engraving, isthe general entrance from the out-side ; that on the right of it opensinto the cold bath ; and the nearestone on the right gives access to thewarm bath. Seats for dressing andundressing upon run along three sidesof the room; and holes are seen inthe walls, in which wooden pegs werefixed for hanging up the clothes. Thesmall dark niche under the windowserved to contain a lamp. APOPHORETA (dirofSpyTa).Presents which a host gave to his guestsat the conclusion of an entertainment,to be carried home with them. Com-pliments of this kind were more espe-cially customary during the fete ofthe Saturnalia. Suet. Cat. 55. 19. APOSPHRAGISMA (diro(r<ppd-yia/xa). The device or impressionupon
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