A dictionary of Greek and Roman . pos andKaXaOos as rrjs yvvaiKoovindos aicevr): and in an-other passage (vii. 29), he names them in connec-tion with spinning, and says that the raXapos andKaXadicrKos were the same. These baskets weremade of osiers or reeds ; whence we read in Pollux(vii. 173) irXeiceiv raXapovs nal KaXadifficovs, andin Catullus (lxiv. 319) — Ante pedes autem candentis mollia lanaeVellera virgati custodiebant calathisci. They appear, however, to have been made in earliertimes of more valuable materials, since we read inHomer (Od. iv. 125) of a silver raXapos. The
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . pos andKaXaOos as rrjs yvvaiKoovindos aicevr): and in an-other passage (vii. 29), he names them in connec-tion with spinning, and says that the raXapos andKaXadicrKos were the same. These baskets weremade of osiers or reeds ; whence we read in Pollux(vii. 173) irXeiceiv raXapovs nal KaXadifficovs, andin Catullus (lxiv. 319) — Ante pedes autem candentis mollia lanaeVellera virgati custodiebant calathisci. They appear, however, to have been made in earliertimes of more valuable materials, since we read inHomer (Od. iv. 125) of a silver raXapos. Theyfrequently occur in paintings on vases, and oftenindicate, as Bottiger ( Vasengem. iii. 44) has re-marked, that the scene represented takes place inthe gynaeconitis, or womens apartments. In thefollowing woodcut, taken from a painting on a vase(Millin, Peintures de Vases Antiques, vol. i. pi. 4),a slave, belonging to the class called quasillariae, ispresenting her mistress with the calathus, in whichthe wool was kept for embroidery, & Baskets of this kind were also used for other pur-poses (Bottiger, Sabina, vol. ii. pp. 252, 258), suchas for carrying fruits, flowers, &c. (Ovid. Art. Am,ii. 264.) The name of calathi was also given tocups for holding wine (Virg. Eel. v. 71). Calathus was properly a Greek word, thoughused by the Latin writers. The Latin word cor-responding to it was qualus (Hor. Cam?,, iii. ), ovquasillus (Festus s. Calathus ; Cic. Philipp, ; Prop. iv. 7. 37). From quasillus came quasillaria,-the name of the slave who spun, and who was con-sidered the meanest of the female slaves. ( ; Tibull. iv. 10. 3.) [Fusus ; Tela.] CALCAR (/J-vooxl/, iyK€VTpis, Pollux, x. 12), aspur. The Greek name for spurs was taken fromthe flies, which infest horses with their stings : hencethe verb fxvwiri^eiv, to spur. (Xen. de Re Eq. viii. 5,x. 1, 2 ; Heliodor. ix. p. 432, ed. Commelin.) TheAthenian gentry sometimes showed their conceitby walking about the A
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