_ It was
customary
to put the lots into a
helmet, in which they were well shaken up; each man then took his
choice.
helmet, in which they were well shaken up; each man then took his
choice.
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231.
176 --_The wanton courser. _
"Come destrier, che da le regie stalle
Ove a l'usa de l'arme si riserba,
Fugge, e libero al fiu per largo calle
Va tragl' armenti, o al fiume usato, o a l'herba. "
Gier, Lib. ix. 75.
177 --_Casque. _ The original word is stephanae, about the meaning of
which there is some little doubt. Some take it for a different kind
of cap or helmet, others for the rim, others for the cone, of the
helmet.
178 --_Athenian maid:_ Minerva.
179 --_Celadon,_ a river of Elis.
180 --_Oileus, i. e. _ Ajax, the son of Oileus, in contradistinction to
Ajax, son of Telamon.
181 --_In the general's helm.
_ It was customary to put the lots into a
helmet, in which they were well shaken up; each man then took his
choice.
182 --_God of Thrace. _ Mars, or Mavors, according to his Thracian
epithet. Hence "Mavortia Moenia. "
183 --_Grimly he smiled. _
"And death
Grinn'd horribly a ghastly smile. "
--"Paradise Lost," ii. 845.
"There Mavors stands
Grinning with ghastly feature. "
--Carey's Dante: Hell, v.
184 "Sete o guerrieri, incomincio Pindoro,
Con pari honor di pari ambo possenti,
Dunque cessi la pugna, e non sian rotte
Le ragioni, e 'l riposo, e de la notte. "
--Gier. Lib. vi. 51.
185 It was an ancient style of compliment to give a larger portion of
food to the conqueror, or person to whom respect was to be shown.
176 --_The wanton courser. _
"Come destrier, che da le regie stalle
Ove a l'usa de l'arme si riserba,
Fugge, e libero al fiu per largo calle
Va tragl' armenti, o al fiume usato, o a l'herba. "
Gier, Lib. ix. 75.
177 --_Casque. _ The original word is stephanae, about the meaning of
which there is some little doubt. Some take it for a different kind
of cap or helmet, others for the rim, others for the cone, of the
helmet.
178 --_Athenian maid:_ Minerva.
179 --_Celadon,_ a river of Elis.
180 --_Oileus, i. e. _ Ajax, the son of Oileus, in contradistinction to
Ajax, son of Telamon.
181 --_In the general's helm.
_ It was customary to put the lots into a
helmet, in which they were well shaken up; each man then took his
choice.
182 --_God of Thrace. _ Mars, or Mavors, according to his Thracian
epithet. Hence "Mavortia Moenia. "
183 --_Grimly he smiled. _
"And death
Grinn'd horribly a ghastly smile. "
--"Paradise Lost," ii. 845.
"There Mavors stands
Grinning with ghastly feature. "
--Carey's Dante: Hell, v.
184 "Sete o guerrieri, incomincio Pindoro,
Con pari honor di pari ambo possenti,
Dunque cessi la pugna, e non sian rotte
Le ragioni, e 'l riposo, e de la notte. "
--Gier. Lib. vi. 51.
185 It was an ancient style of compliment to give a larger portion of
food to the conqueror, or person to whom respect was to be shown.
