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example of thefe Scolia occurs, to which 
wereter the reader, We fhould nor, how- 
ever, confound the words c4ohia and 
foolia; the firtt comes from a Greek 
word, denoting /ezfure, and fignifies the 
learned notes produced by the leifure of 
men of letters; the other denotes crofs- 
purpofes, any thing left-handed, auk- 
ward, ac. (Nowards the end.of the 
banquet, when treated with wine, nei- 
ther the lyre nor the cup was given in 
continuation, but at hap-hazard, crofs- 
ways, &c. and the perfon thus called 
upon was under the necelflity of making a 
fcolum, and of patching fome new fong 
to that already begun. TIMOCREON 
of Rhodes, made a fcolium againt 
Plutus, which has been preferved by the 
Greek commentators on Ariftophanes, 
and’ is as: follows: ~Blid Plutus, thou 
Soouldi never appear either on eario or fea ; 
thy habitation ought to be black Vartarus, and 
the banks of the Acheron, for to thee we are 
beboiden for all the evils of life. As the 
Athenians fat a long time over their cups, 
they made it arule, to prevent anv from 
fleeping at table, to give the Pyramus to 
the perfon who fhould pafs the night 
without fleeping; this was a cake made 
of botled honey and roafted wheat, an 
excellent ragout for fuch as relifhed it. 
One of the paftimes of the banquet was 
called cottabiing, an exercife invented by 
the Sicilians, and performed (according 
to the Greek fcholiafts) by placing a 
ftaff in the midft. of the hall, and on the 
top of it, crofs ways, a balanced yoke, 
at the two ends of which two equipoifed 
bafons were fufpended. Under. each 
bafon was a veffel full of water, and 
within a- ftatue of gilt copper, called 
wanes. Into one of thefe bafons was 
thrown the wine which remained in the 
cup afcer being drunk; the rencounter of 
the bafon with the water and the manes, 
produced a noife called cotsabus, and he 
who performed this feat the beft, expeét- 
ed to prove the moft agreeable to his 
roiftrefs. 
What is faid in Tae Birds of the benion 
vapour of the furnace, or ftove, which 
warms in the winter by darting its rays 
on all fides, inclines us to think, that the 
Greeks did not warm themfelves by a 
¢lear chimney-fire, as we do, but that 
their apartments were heated by ftoves, 
as was practifed by the Romans; in 
effect, we find no ancient authors, who 
have treated of architeéture, making 
mention of chimneys in apartments, nor 
of the means to prevent them from 
{moking, although this makes one of the 
oe dine to Arifiophanes. 
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principal attentions of modern archi- 
te€ts. The Germans, the Dutch, and 
other northern nations, adhere to the 
ancient method of warming themfélves — 
by the vapour of ftoves, and it appears 
that chimneys are, in our days, very rare 
in the palaces at Rome, being thought to 
disigure an apartment. Among the 
Grecks, none but the very lowett clafs of 
people warmed themfelves by a clear fire. 
They repaired for that purpofe to the 
furnaces of the baths, and the forepart 
of their legs, marked and fpotted, fhowed 
plainly that they had felt the piercing 
warmth of a clear, ardent fire. 
“Ariftcphanes makes mention of fome 
games in ufe at Athens; as dice, cockall, 
odd and even, svhich are well enough 
underftood ; another, which may be lite- 
rally rendered, gob im mouth, feems to 
have been merely vulgar, and was per- 
formed by throwing fruit, &c. into the 
air, and catching it inthe mouth, An< 
other fport, which may be rendered she 
beaten gual, appears to have been caleu- 
lated for children. 
- Women of diftinétion were attired in 
white, and had long floating hair; the 
carried little drums, like thofe called in 
France Tamhours de Bafjues, to their reli- 
gious aflemblies. In thefe meetings they 
regaled themfelves with wine, which they 
are reproached with having loved to ex. _ 
cefs. As they never failed to feat 
themfelves among the men at the pub-< 
lic fpectacles, Sphyromachus made- a 
decree, ordaining that. women fhould 
fit apart in the ipc@tacles, unlefs the 
would pafs for public, in which ale 
they were allowed to mix with the 
men. The ufual oath among women 
was ma io Theo; that is to fay, by the 
two goddeffes, viz. Ceres and her daugh- 
ter. The colotir beft liked by the wo- 
men was yellow ; which leads us to think, 
from the aflortment women now make of 
colours in the article of dying, that their 
complexions were naturally brown. They. 
fuffered no hairs ro grow on any part 
whatever of their bodies ; either pluck- 
ing them up by the roots, or burning 
them. They were much given to the 
ufe of fard and rouge. Their ordinary 
drefs. was aclight, perfumed robe, a: 
Jirepbium, or head ribbon, a large girdle 
for the purpofe of tucking up the robe, 
a bonnet, a mitre or head drefs, turned, 
up in front, a veil or {carf, the long robe. 
called Hucyclov, flight fhoes or pumps, a 
manteau or.cloke, and a diaméndiclafp, 
They wore three forts of robes; one 
hight and almoft tran{parent, called Cim- 
322 ¥ beric ; 
