A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities explaining the obscure places in classic authors and ancient historians relating to the religion, mythology, history, geography and chronology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their ... rites and customs, laws, polity, arts and engines of war : also an account of their navigations, arts and sciences and the inventors of them : with the lives and opinions of their philosophers / compiled originally in French ... by Monsieur Danet ; made English, with the addition of very useful mapps.

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Title: A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities explaining the obscure places in classic authors and ancient historians relating to the religion, mythology, history, geography and chronology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their ... rites and customs, laws, polity, arts and engines of war : also an account of their navigations, arts and sciences and the inventors of them : with the lives and opinions of their philosophers / compiled originally in French ... by Monsieur Danet ; made English, with the addition of very useful mapps.
Author: Danet, Pierre, ca. 1650-1709.
Publication: London :: Printed for John Nicholson ... Tho. Newborough ... and John Bulford ...,; 1700.
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Subject terms: Classical dictionaries.; Rome -- Antiquities -- Dictionaries.; Greece -- Antiquities -- Dictionaries.
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CAESTUS or CESTUM,

a Girdle which the Poets and Painters have given to Venus and Juno: Thus Pallas in Lucian advises Paris to take away Venus's Girdle, that he might the better judge of the Beauty of the Three Goddesses; because, adds she, Venus is a Magician, who keeps some Charm conceal'd within her Girdle. This Word comes from the Greek 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which signi∣fies a Girdle, or any other Work embroider'd with the Needle, which was commonly were by Women. It was a large Strap, which serv'd for a Girdle, made of Wool, and which the Husband untied for his Spouse the first Day of their Mar∣riage, before they went to Bed; as we learn from Homer, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; and O∣vid, Castáque fallaci zona recincta manu. And this relates to the Girdle of Venus, which Juno borrow'd of her to entice Jupiter to Love; for this Girdle, says Homer, B. 14. Of the Iliads, con∣tains the Passion, Wishes and Charms, by which Venus unites the Hearts of new-married People; which made Martial say,

Ʋt Martis revocetur amor summique Tonantis, A te Juno petat ceston, & ipsa Venus. Lib. 6. Epig. 13.

Some Authors say, that this Caestus of Venus was a little ••illet or Diadem, wherewith the Heads of Deities were encompass'd, which had a Point in the middle.