A dictionary of Greek and Roman . urpose.(Horn. II. xiv. 182, Hymn. ii. in Ven. 9 ; N. xii. 1.) Ear-rings were worn by both sexes in orientalcountries (Plin. H. N. xi. 50) ; especially by theLydians (Xen. Anab. iii. 1. § 31), the Persians(Diod. Sic. v. 45), the Babylonians (Juv. i. 104),and also by the Libyans (Macrob. Sat. vii. 3), andthe Carthaginians (Plaut. Poen. v. 2. 21). Amongthe Greeks and Romans they were worn only byfemales. This ornament consisted of the ring (k/hkos,Diod. Sic. I. c.) and of the drops {stalagmia, Fcstus,s. v. ; Plaut. Men. iii. 3. 18.) The rin
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . urpose.(Horn. II. xiv. 182, Hymn. ii. in Ven. 9 ; N. xii. 1.) Ear-rings were worn by both sexes in orientalcountries (Plin. H. N. xi. 50) ; especially by theLydians (Xen. Anab. iii. 1. § 31), the Persians(Diod. Sic. v. 45), the Babylonians (Juv. i. 104),and also by the Libyans (Macrob. Sat. vii. 3), andthe Carthaginians (Plaut. Poen. v. 2. 21). Amongthe Greeks and Romans they were worn only byfemales. This ornament consisted of the ring (k/hkos,Diod. Sic. I. c.) and of the drops {stalagmia, Fcstus,s. v. ; Plaut. Men. iii. 3. 18.) The ring was gene-rally of gold, although the common people alsowore ear-rings of bronze. See Nos. 1, 4, from theEgyptian collection in the British Museum. Insteadof a ring a hook was often used, as shown in , 8. The women of Italy still continue thesame practice, passing the hook through the lobeof the ear without any other fastening. The dropswere sometimes of gold, very finely wrought (seeNos. 2, 7, 8), and sometimes of pearls (Plin. ;. Sen. de Ben. vii. 9 ; Ovid. Met. x. 265 ; Claud, deVI. Cons. Honor. 528 ; Sen. Hippol. ii. 1. 33), andprecious stones (Nos. 3, 5, 6). The pearls werevalued for being exactly spherical (Hor. Epod. ), as well as for their great size and delicatewhiteness ; but those of an elongated form, calledelencld, were also much esteemed, being adapted toterminate the drop, and being sometimes placedtwo or three together for this purpose. (Plin. H. 56 ; Juv. vi. 364.) In the Iliad (xiv. 182, 183),Hera, adorning herself in the most captivatingmanner, puts on ear-rings made with three dropsresembling mulberries. (See Eustath. ad he.) Plinyobserves (xi. 50) that greater expense was lavishedon no part of the dress than on the to Seneca (I. c.) the ear-ring, No. 3, inthe preceding woodcut, in which a couple, of pearlsare strung both above and below the precious stone,was worth a patrimony. (See also De Vita Beata,17.) All
Size: 1448px × 1726px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsmithwilliam18131893, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840
