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*yoVval, and shutting it, irLoa7rdoa0aoOL and EeX- } are mentioned by Xenophon, who calls it Uspa
Ko'aa6aL. (Plutarch. Pelop. 11, Dio, 57.) The laAcawTds (Oecon. ix. 5; compare Plut. Arat. 26).
handles were called mir'ioraaT71pes. Its name uiseavXos is evidently derived from
The house-door was called aV'AeLos or aiUXeLa lE'aos, and means the door between the two abXal;hpa (Pind. Nena, i. 19; Harpocr. s. v.; Eustath. or peristyles. (Suidas s. v. MeaeAXLeo,: Ael. Dion.
ad Iliad, xxii. 66), because it led to the aA1,. It apud Eustatl. ad Iliad, xi. 547; Schol. in Apoll.
gave admittance to a narrow passage (avpwpesov, Rhod. iii. 335.) The other name, /eiTauXos, is
7rvuAc~, avpcuv), on one side of which, in a large taken by some writers as merely the Attic form of
house, were the stables, on the other the porter's I uef'oaveos. (Moer. Att. p. 264.) But it should
lodge. The duty of the porter (uvpowps) was to rather be derived from JesTd, as being the door
admit visitors, and to prevent anything improper behind or beyond the ave.i, with respect to the
from being carried into or out of the house. (Aristot. aWAIEos Upa. (Lysias, de Caed. Erat. p. 20; Plut,
Oecon. i. 6.) Plato (Psotag. p. 314.) gives a lively Syrnp. vii. 1; Ael. Dion. apud Eustat/c. 1. c.) It
picture of an officious porter. The porter was should be observed that in the house described
attended by a dog. (Apollod. apud Atlien. i. p. 3; by Vitruvius, if the Andronitis and Gynaeconitis
Theocr. xv. 43; Aristoph. Thesm. 416, Equit. lay side by side, the,ye.avuos r~pa would not be
1025.) Hence the phrase seiXagCezL -rrd s xa opposite to the entrance, but in one of the other
(Aristoph. Lysist. 1215), corresponding to the sides of the peristyle.
Latin Cave canem. This door gave admittance to the peristyle of
At the further end of the passage Vitruvius the Gynaeconitis, which differed from that of the
places another door, which, however, does not Andronitis in having porticoes round only three of
seem generally to have existed. Plutarch (de its sides. On the fourth side, that opposite to the
Gen. Socr. 18) mentions the house-door as being es'oeavAos UL'pa (the side facing the south, accordvisible from the peristyle. ing to Vitruvius), were placed two antae [ANTAE],
From the asopWPezOV we pass into the peristyle at a considerable distance from each other. A
or court (7repotrVArto,, avbX) of the Andronitis, third of the distance between these antae was set
which was a space open to the sky in the centre off inwards (Vitruv. 1. c. ~ 1. Quaztum i2zter asztas
(i'raeOpov), and surrounded on all four sides by distat, ex eo tertia demnpta spatiumz dateur istdrorsus),
porticoes ( —roal), of which one, probably that thus forming a chamber or vestibule, which was
nearest the entrance, was called rpoo'i-vo (Plato, called rpoor-Tas, Irapacr ads and perhaps 7raomeds, and
Protacg. pp. 314, 315). These porticoes were used also rpilogcos; although some of the later Greek
for exercise, and sometimes for dining in. (Pollux, writers apply the word Nrpdl3ouos to the vestibule
i. 78; Plato, Symp. p. 212, Protag. p. 311; Plu- of the Andronitis, and such seems to have been
tarch. de Gee. Socr. 32.) Here was commonly its meaning in Homer's time. (Pollux; Suicl.;
the altar on which sacrifices were offered to the Hesych.; Etymol. iag.; Vitruv. 1. c.) On the
household gods, but frequently portable altars right and left of this 7rpor~Tds were two bedwere used for this purpose. (Plato, de Republ. i. chambers, the dxa/uos and arsplOdhAauo,, of which
p. 328.) Vitruvius (I. c.) says that the porticoes the former was the priincipal bed-chamber of the
of the peristyle were of equal height, or else the house, and here also seem to have been kept the
one facing the south was built ith loftier columns. vases, and other valuable articles of ornament.
This he calls a Rhodian peristyle; and it cor- (Xen. Oecon. ix. 3.) Beyond these rooms (for this
responds with the arrangement recommended by seems to be what Vitruvius means by in his locis
Xenophon, for the purpose of obtaining as much introrsus) were large apartments (iorwvYes) used
sun in winter, and as much shade and air in sun- for working in wool (oeci ncgqali, in quibus msatres
mer, as possible. (Xen. Oecon. ix. 4; M1en. iii. 8. jfAiiliar?'U1 cuZ lacificis habent sessioneei, Vitruv.).
~ 9; Aristot. Oecon. i. 6.) Round the peristyle were the eating-rooms, bedRound the peristyle were arranged the chambers chambers, store-rooms, and other apartments in
used by the men (oicolt, &daspves), such as ban- common use (tr'iclinia quzatidiana, cubiclea, et cellae
queting rooms, which were large enough to con- fi;ciliaricae).
tain several sets of couches (iptiXuoVl, Er'TdcKAlvOL, Besides the aAsXeos trvpa and the eeruavXos
rptaCKov Tai KtAoL), and at the same time to allow Utspa, there was a third door (tcl-rata vhipa) leadabundant room for attendants, musicians, and per- ing to the garden. (Pollux, i. 76; Demosth. in
formers of games (Vitruv. 1. c.; Xen. Synip. i. 4. Euery. p. 1155; Lysias, in E, -atosth. p. 393.)
~ 13; Plutarch. Sysnp. v. 5. ~ 2; Aristoph. Eccles. Lysias (I. c. p. 394) speaks of another door, which.676); parlours or sitting rooms (Eiespai), and probably led from the garden into the street.
smaller chambers and sleeping rooms (bascdrTa, There was usually, though not always, an upper
KcoTrlYses, otct iara); picture-galleries and libraries, story (irepiop,, 8tiIpes), which seldom extended
and sometimes store-rooms; and in the arrange- over the whole space occupied by the lower story.
ment of these apartments attention was paid to The principal use of the upper story was for the
their aspect. (Vitruv. 1. c.; Lysias, de Ccede Era- lodging of the slaves. (Demosth. in Eeize. p. 1156,
tosth. p. 28, in Eratosth. p. 389; Aristoph. Eccles. where the words esY s-) mrupyT seem to imply a
8, 14; Pollux, i. 79; Plato, Protag. pp. 314. 316.) building several stories high.) The access to the
The peristyle of the Andronllitis was connected upper floor seems to have been sometimes by stairs
with that of the Gynaeconitis by a door called on the outside of the house, leading up from the
uiTavAos, uAe4iavXos, or ee-aiAitos, which was in street. Guests were alsb lodged in the upper
the middle of the portico of the peristyle opposite story. (Antiph. de Venef[ p. 611.) But in some
to the entrance. Vitruvius applies the name large houses there were rooms set apart for their
I'EiavXos to a passage between the two peristyles, reception (SEv6VEs ) on the ground floor. (Vitruv.
in which was the iEiaaavAos lupa. By mieains of 1. c.; Pollux, iv. 125; Eurip. Alcest. 564.)' In
this door all communication between the Andronitis cases of emergency store-rooms were fitted up for the
aid the Gvniaeconitis could be shut off. Its uses accommodation of' guests. (Plato, Psotag. p. 31-5)