. 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. were merely provincial house-painters and decorators, of unequalmerits, some of whom were certainlydeficient in this respect ; but the in-tricate and accurate designs of manyamongst them, evince, on the otherhand, a perfect knowledge of per-spective. There is, consequently, nosufficient reason for doubting th
. 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. were merely provincial house-painters and decorators, of unequalmerits, some of whom were certainlydeficient in this respect ; but the in-tricate and accurate designs of manyamongst them, evince, on the otherhand, a perfect knowledge of per-spective. There is, consequently, nosufficient reason for doubting thegenuineness of the term, nor for alter-ing the reading in the above passageof Vitruvius, as some commentatorspropose. SCEPTRUM (a-KrjTTTpov). Strictlya Greek word, for which the Romansfrequently use another form of thesame Greek root, scipio; though bothwords bear a very similar significa-tion. The original sceptrum was along staff, like the shaft of a spear(Justin, xliii. 3.), formed from asapling or young tree, cut down tothe roots (Virg. Mn, xii. 206.), whichin early times served for a support inwalking, while its imposing lengthgave an air of importance to the per-son who bore it, as is well exemplified by the illustration, which representsAgamemnon with a staff of the nature. described, from a bas-relief of Greekworkmanship. 2. A sceptre; the emblem of royalauthority (Cic. Sext. 57.); conse-quently ascribed toJupiter (Suet. ), Juno, kings,and actors on thestage (Plin. H. 6.) whopersonated them;and which, in itsoriginal form, wasnothing more thana long staff, likethe preceding one,converted into anornament of stateby the addition ofa decorative head-piece, like the ex-ample annexed, representing Latinusin the Vatican Virgil. 3. Sceptrum eburneum. An ivorysceptre; especially the royal sceptreintroduced at Rome by the kings ofthe Etruscan dynasty, and subse-quently appropriated to themselvesby the consuls of the republic. ( Virg. Mn. xi. 238.) This wa
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