A dictionary of Greek and Roman . Corona Sacerdotalis, so called by Am-mianus Marcellinus (xxix. 5. § 6). It was wornby the priests (sacerdotes), with the exception ofthe pontifex Maximus and his minister (ca?nillus),as well as the bystanders, when officiating at thesacrifice. It does not appear to have been confinedto any one material, but was sometimes made ofolive (see the preceding woodcut ; Stat. Theb. ), sometimes of gold (Prudent, Tlzpi 2Te<£. ; Tertull. De Idol. 18), and sometimes of theears of corn, then termed corona spicea, which kindwas the most ancie
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . Corona Sacerdotalis, so called by Am-mianus Marcellinus (xxix. 5. § 6). It was wornby the priests (sacerdotes), with the exception ofthe pontifex Maximus and his minister (ca?nillus),as well as the bystanders, when officiating at thesacrifice. It does not appear to have been confinedto any one material, but was sometimes made ofolive (see the preceding woodcut ; Stat. Theb. ), sometimes of gold (Prudent, Tlzpi 2Te<£. ; Tertull. De Idol. 18), and sometimes of theears of corn, then termed corona spicea, which kindwas the most ancient one amongst the Romans(Plin. H. N. xviii. 2), and was consecrated toCeres (Hor. Carm. Sec. 30 ; Tibull. ii. 1. 4, i. 1. 15),before whose temples it was customarily suspended.(Tibull. i. 1. 16 ; compare Apul. Met. vi. p. ) It was likewise regarded as an emblemof peace (Tibull. i. 10. 67), in which character itappears in the subjoined medal, which comme-morates the conclusion of the civil war betweenAntony and D. Albinus II. Corona Funebris amd Greeks first set the example of crowning thedead with chaplets of leaves and flowers ( 1647 ; Schol. ad loc), which was imitatedby the Romans. It was also provided by a lawof the Twelve Tables, that any person who had CORONA. acquired a crown might have it placed upon hishead when carried out in the funeral procession.(Cic. De Leg. ii. 24 ; Plin. H. N. xxi. 5.) Gar-lands of flowers were also placed upon the bier, orscattered from the windows under which the pro-cession passed (Plin. xxi. 7 ; Dionys. xi. 39),or entwined about the cinerary urn (, Demetr. 53), or as a decoration to the tomb(Plin. H. N. xxi. 3 ; Ovid. Trist. iii. % 82 ; 4. 48). In Greece these crowns were commonlymade of parsley (cr£\ivov). (Suidas, s. v. ; 26.) III. Corona Convivialis. The use of chap-lets at festive entertainments sprung likewise fromGreece, and owe their origi
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