A dictionary of Greek and Roman . and leaders oftribes (Horn. II. ii. 186, 199, 265, 268, 279, , Od. n. 37, 80, iii. 412): but it is also borneby judges (Horn. Od. xi. 568), by heralds (II. , vii. 277, xviii. 505), and by priests andseers. (Horn. II. i. 15, Od. xi. 91; Aeschyl. ) It was more especially characteristic ofAsiatic manners, so that among the Persians wholeclasses of those who held high rank and were in-vested with authority, including eunuchs, weredistinguished as the sceptre-bearing classes (olo7c7]7TTo€xoi, Xen. Cyr. vii. 3. § 17, viii. 1.
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . and leaders oftribes (Horn. II. ii. 186, 199, 265, 268, 279, , Od. n. 37, 80, iii. 412): but it is also borneby judges (Horn. Od. xi. 568), by heralds (II. , vii. 277, xviii. 505), and by priests andseers. (Horn. II. i. 15, Od. xi. 91; Aeschyl. ) It was more especially characteristic ofAsiatic manners, so that among the Persians wholeclasses of those who held high rank and were in-vested with authority, including eunuchs, weredistinguished as the sceptre-bearing classes (olo7c7]7TTo€xoi, Xen. Cyr. vii. 3. § 17, viii. 1. § 38,3. § 15). The sceptre descended from father toson (Horn. 11. ii. 46, 100—109), and might becommitted to any one in order to express thetransfer of authority. (Herod, vii. 52.) Thosewho bore the sceptre swore by it (Horn. II. i. 234—239), solemnly taking it in the right hand andraising it towards heaven. (Horn. vii. 412, , 328.) The original wooden staff, in consequence of itsapplication to the uses now described, received a. variety of ornaments or emblems. It earty becamea truncheon, pierced with golden or silver studs.(II. i. 246, ii. 46.) It was enriched with gems(Ovid. Met. iii. 264), and made of precious metalsor of ivory (i. 178, Fast. vi. 38.) The annexedwoodcut, taken from one of Sir Wm. Hamiltonsfictile vases, and representing Aeneas followed byAscanius and carrying off his father Anchises, whoholds the sceptre in his right hand, shows its form asworn by kings. The ivory sceptre (eburneus scipio,Val. Max. iv. 4. § 5) of the kings of Rome, whichdescended to the consuls, was surmounted by aneagle. (Virg. Aen. xi. 238 ; Serv. ad loc; Juv. ; Isid. Orig. xviii. 2.) [Insigne.] Jupiterand Juno, as sovereigns of the gods, were repre-sented with a sceptre. (Ovid, 11. cc.) [J. SCHOENUS (o, v, crxoivos), literally, a ropeof rushes, an Egyptian and Persian itinerary andland measure (Herod, i. 66). Its length is statedby Herodotus (ii. 6, 9) at 60 stadi
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