School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . nic, an in-dumentum rather than an amictus. [Amic-Tus.] That it was, however, an easy andcomfortable kind of dress, as we should say,seems to be evident from its use at table abovementioned, and also from its being wornby all classes at the Saturnalia, a seasonof universal relaxation and than this respecting its form wecannot say j it was usually dyed with SYSSITIA. some colour, and was not white, like thetoga. SYRINX ((Tupt7|), the Pans pipe, orPandean pipe, was the appropriate musicalinstrument of the Arcadian and otherGrecian
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . nic, an in-dumentum rather than an amictus. [Amic-Tus.] That it was, however, an easy andcomfortable kind of dress, as we should say,seems to be evident from its use at table abovementioned, and also from its being wornby all classes at the Saturnalia, a seasonof universal relaxation and than this respecting its form wecannot say j it was usually dyed with SYSSITIA. some colour, and was not white, like thetoga. SYRINX ((Tupt7|), the Pans pipe, orPandean pipe, was the appropriate musicalinstrument of the Arcadian and otherGrecian shepherds, and was regarded bythem as the invention of Pan, their tutelarygod. When the Roman poets had occasionto mention it, they called \\, fistula. It wasformed in general of sev^en hollow stems ofcane or reed, fitted together by means ofwax, having been previously cut to theproper lengths, and adjusted so as to forman octave ; but sometimes nine were ad-mitted, giving an equal number of syrinx of eight reeds is represented inp. PAN WITH A SYRINX. SYRMA ((Txipixa), which properly meansthat which is drawn or dragged (from avpw),is applied to a dress with a train. It wasmore especially the name of the dress wornby the tragic actors, which had a train to ittrailing upon the ground. Hence we findsyrma used metaphorically for tragedyitself SYSSFTIA {(Tvaalria). The customof taking the principal meal of the day inpublic prevailed extensively amongst theGreeks from very early ages, but more par-ticularly in Crete and at Sparta. The Cretan name for the syssitla wasAndreia (auBpeTa), the singular of which isused to denote the building or public hallwhere they were given. This title affords SYSSITIA. of itself a sufficient indication that theywere confined to men and youths the adult citizens partook of the publicmeals amongst the Cretans, and were di-vided into companies or messes, calledhetaeriae {fraipiai), or sometimes syssitia of the Cretans w
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