A dictionary of Greek and Roman . : some good remarks on thesubject will be found in the Library of Entertain-ing Knowledge, Menageries, vol. ii. c. 12. [P. S.]AMPHOMOSIA. [Amphiorkia.]AMPHORA (ajj.(pop€vs, old form a/xcpLcpopevs,Horn. 77. xxiii. 107 ; Od. x. 164, et alib. ; Apoll. Rhod. iv. 1187 ; Simon, in Anth. 19). A large vessel, which derived its namefrom its being made with a handle on each side ofthe neck (from a/x<pi, on both sides, and (pipoi tocarry), whence also it was called diota, that is, avessel with two ears (SiWos, Siaros cxrdfxvos orKaSiff
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . : some good remarks on thesubject will be found in the Library of Entertain-ing Knowledge, Menageries, vol. ii. c. 12. [P. S.]AMPHOMOSIA. [Amphiorkia.]AMPHORA (ajj.(pop€vs, old form a/xcpLcpopevs,Horn. 77. xxiii. 107 ; Od. x. 164, et alib. ; Apoll. Rhod. iv. 1187 ; Simon, in Anth. 19). A large vessel, which derived its namefrom its being made with a handle on each side ofthe neck (from a/x<pi, on both sides, and (pipoi tocarry), whence also it was called diota, that is, avessel with two ears (SiWos, Siaros cxrdfxvos orKaSiffKos, Plat. Hipp. Mag. p. 288, d. ; Ath. 473 ; Moeris s. v. afupopea ; Hor. Carm. i. ). The form and size varied, but it was generallymade tall and narrow, and terminating in a point,which could be let into a stand or into the ground,to keep the vessel upright; several amphorae havebeen foimd in this position in the cellars at Pom-peii. The following cut represents amphorae fromthe Townley and Elgin collections in the The usual material of the amphora was earthen-ware (Hor. de Ar. Pott. 21), whence it was alsocalled testa (Carm. i. 20. 2) : but Homer mentionsthem of gold and of stone (77. xxiii. 92 ; Od. , xiii. 105) : and in later times glass amphoraewere not uncommon (Petron. 34) ; several havebeen found at Pompeii: Nepos mentions, as a greatrarity, amphorae of onyx, as large as Chian cadi(ap. Plin. 77. N. xxxvi. 7. s. 12). The amphorawas often made without handles. The name ofthe maker, or of the place of manufacture, was some-times stamped upon them : this is the case withtwo in the Elgin collection, Nos. 238 and 244.[Fictile.] Amphorae were used for the preservation ofvarious things which required careful keeping,such as wine, oil, honey, grapes, olives, andother fruits (Horn. 77. xxiii. 170 ; Cato, R. R. ; Comm. 7?. 7?. xii. 16, 47 ; Hor. Epod. ii. 15 ;Cic. c. Verr. iv. 74); for pickled meats (Xen. 4. § 28) ; and for molten go
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