. The life of the Greeks and Romans. ]i^Tpov proper, astaff adorned with a knob or a flower, which, as early as Homer,was the attribute of gods, and of rulers descended from the gods. * Compare the collection of ornamented Etruscan mirror-handles in GerhardsEtmskische Spiegel, PI. XXIV. et FEMALE LIFE. 185 In regal families the sceptre was a valued heirloom. The sceptreserving as the emblem of judicial power (paficos) was a littleshorter; it was also used by ambassadors, and a herald had topresent it to the orator on his rising to address the council. Insculptures we frequently see the s
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. ]i^Tpov proper, astaff adorned with a knob or a flower, which, as early as Homer,was the attribute of gods, and of rulers descended from the gods. * Compare the collection of ornamented Etruscan mirror-handles in GerhardsEtmskische Spiegel, PI. XXIV. et FEMALE LIFE. 185 In regal families the sceptre was a valued heirloom. The sceptreserving as the emblem of judicial power (paficos) was a littleshorter; it was also used by ambassadors, and a herald had topresent it to the orator on his rising to address the council. Insculptures we frequently see the sceptre as the attribute ofdivinities, for instance, on the triangular altar in the modern commanders staff is a modification of it. 48. The life of married women, maidens, children while in thecare of women, and of female slaves, passed in the gynaikonitis,from which they issued only on rare occasions. The familylife of Greek women widely differed from our Christian idea;neither did it resemble the life in an Oriental harem, towhich it was far superior. The idea of the family was heldup by both law and custom, and although concubinage andthe intercourse with hetairai was suffered, nay favoured, by theState, still such impure elements never intruded on domesticrelations. Our fo
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