. 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. not certain. EXEDRA (e£efya). An assem-bly room, or hall of conversation ; alarge and handsome apartment, some-times covered in (Vitruv. vi. 3. 8.),and sometimes open to the sun andair (Vitruv. vii. 9. 2.), constitutingone of the dependencies to a gymna-sium, or to a private mansion of thefirst class. It was,
. 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. not certain. EXEDRA (e£efya). An assem-bly room, or hall of conversation ; alarge and handsome apartment, some-times covered in (Vitruv. vi. 3. 8.),and sometimes open to the sun andair (Vitruv. vii. 9. 2.), constitutingone of the dependencies to a gymna-sium, or to a private mansion of thefirst class. It was, in reality, a placefitted up for the reception of a partyof savans to meet and converse in(Vitruv. v. 9. 2. Cic. , i. 6.), asthe philosophers were accustomed todo in the Greek Gymnasium and theRoman Thermae. For this purpose,it was frequently constructed with acircular absis (Plut. Alcib. 17.), inwhich rows of seats were arrangedfor the company ; and, in fact, is sodelineated in a bas-relief of the VillaAlbani (Wink. Mon. ined. 185.),representing a scientific discussionbetween several philosophers. Con-sequently, in our ground-plan de-scribing the ruins of the Gymnasiumat Ephesus (s. v.), the name of exedrais assigned to each of the two divi-sions at the bottom of the lateral. corridors, which terminate with asimilar absis. EXEDRIUM (^6Spioz/). Dimin-utive of Exedra. Cic. Fam. vii. See (e^is). A particularkind of Greek tunic, afterwardsadopted by theRomans, with-out sleeves, ve-ry short (sub-stricta), andentirely opendown the rightside, so that,when put on,the right shoul-der (^os), aswell as thearm and breast,were left ex-posed. ( vii. 12. 1.) It was the usualdress of persons employed in activeand laborious occupations, such asslaves, rustics, artizans, and hunts-men ; hence, in works of art, it isfrequently worn by Vulcan, Charon,Daedalus, and Amazons, all of whompursued a life of toil or industry, andin a similar form to that on th
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