. 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. ycutting with the forfex, as contra-distinguished from rasus, which meansshaved close witha novacula. TheGreeks wore theirhair cut close ingrief and mourning,both women, as re-presented by theannexed figure ofElectra from a fic-tile vase, and men,as exemplified bythe figure of Aga-memnon s. Cata-grapha ; but
. 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. ycutting with the forfex, as contra-distinguished from rasus, which meansshaved close witha novacula. TheGreeks wore theirhair cut close ingrief and mourning,both women, as re-presented by theannexed figure ofElectra from a fic-tile vase, and men,as exemplified bythe figure of Aga-memnon s. Cata-grapha ; but the Romans let theirhair and beard grow under similarcircumstances, until the danger ordistress had passed, when they hadthe superfluous length cut off; whencethe expression tojisus reus (Mart. ), applied to a criminal, is equiva-lent to acquitted. In other respects,the free Roman of the republicanand Imperial period, wore his hairof a moderate length, not closecut, with the exception of the ruralpopulation (Mart. x. 9S.), who areobliged to study convenience morethan appearance : hence the termtonsus often means rustic, or country-fled, especially when applied to theslaves who waited at table (Mart. ), because it was usual for peopleof fashion to have their waiters ex-. 672 TOPIA. TORCULAR. tremely well dressed, and set off withlong flowing hair (wood-cuts s. Acer-secomes and Pincerna), thoughsome conceited or effeminate youths,and women of easy virtue, also af-fected to wear a crop. Suet. Nero, 44. Cic. Pis. 8. T O P I A. Landscape paintings;introduced in later times as a decora-tion for the walls of a dwelling-room,and consisting of imaginary views ofcountry scenery, ports, temples, &c,&c. (Vitruv. vii. 5. 2.) Many ofthese topia have been found in thehouses at Pompeii, agreeing perfectlywith the description of Vitruvius ;
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