Greek and Roman Antiquities

• Habena or--AE (mostly plural: τὰ ἡνία, αἱ ἡνίαι) was, generally speaking, a leathern thong, by me
• Halia or HALIEIA (Ἅλια, Ἁλίεια), one of the principal festivals celebrated in the island of Rhod
• Halteres were certain masses of stone or metal which were used in the gymnastic exercises of the Gr
• Hamaxopodes in Latin ARBUSCULAE, appear to have been cylindrical pieces of wood, placed vertically, an
• Harmamaxa is evidently compounded of ἅρμα, a general term, including not only the Latin CURRUS but o
• Harmostes is best known as the name of the governors whom the Lacedaemonians, after the Peloponnesia
• Harpages graphe graphe (ἁρπαγῆς γραφή). Although the Athenians distinguished ἁρπαγὴ from κλοπή (Plat. Legg
• Harpaginetuli a sort of decoration for the walls and ceilings of rooms, thus mentioned by Vitruvius, in
• Harpago a grappling-iron, a drag, a flesh-hook (Ex. 27.3; 1 Sam. 2.13, 14 Sept.= fuscinula Vulg.;
• Haruspices or ARUSPICES, were soothsayers or diviners, who interpreted the will of the gods. They ori
• Hasta a spear. The spear is defined by Homer, δόρυ χαλκῆπες, a pole fitted with bronze (Il. 6.3)
• Hecatomphonia an ancient festival or rather custom observed by the Messenians of Ithome, whenever they h
• Hecte or HECTEUS (ἕκτη, ἑκτεύς), and its half, Hemiecton or Hemiecteon (ἡμίεκτον, ἡμιεκτέον), ar
• Hectemorii a name given to a class of cultivators in Attica before the time of Solon. We have example
• Heirgmou dike dike (εἱργμοῦ δίκη). This was an action for keeping a free person in private custody. Ther
• Helepolis . When Demetrius Poliorcetes besieged Salamis in Cyprus B.C. 306, he caused a machine to b
• Helix anything of a spiral form, whether in one plane, as the spiral curve, or in different plan
• Hellanodicae the judges in the Olympic and Nemean games, of whom an account is given under OLYMPIA. The
• Hellenotamiae or treasurers of the Greeks, were magistrates appointed by the Athenians to receive the co
• Helotes or--AE (Εἵλωτες, Εἱλῶται: Ilotae, Liv. 34.27) were a class of bondsmen subject to Sparta.
• Hemerodromi (ἡμεροδρόμοι were couriers in the Greek states, who could keep on running all day, and wer
• Hemicyclium a semicircle, is used in much the same senses as EXEDRA (q. v.). 1. A recessed seat, eithe
• Hemina the name of Greek and Roman measure, the half of the standard measure of capacity, the ξέσ
• Hendeca HOI (οἱ ἕνδεκα), the Eleven, were magistrates at Athens of considerable importance. They a
• Heracleia festivals celebrated in honour of Heracles, who was worshipped in many parts of Greece not
• Heraea is the name of festivals celebrated in honour of Hera in all the towns of Greece where the
• Heres Greek The Athenian laws of inheritance are to be explained under this title. The subject m
• Hermae and the diminutive HERMULI (ἑρμίδια), statues composed of a head, usually that of the god
• Hermaea festivals of Hermes, celebrated in various parts of Greece. As Hermes was the tutelary dei
• Hermaphroditus a hermaphrodite. This conception belongs to art as well as to mythology, and will here be
• Hestiasis was a species of liturgy, and consisted in giving a feast to one of the tribes at Athens (
• Hetaerae . The word ἑταίρα signifies originally a female companion, but in its most common use deno
• Hetaereseos graphe graphe (ἑταιρήσεως γραφή). This action was maintainable against such Athenian citizens as
• Hiereus ton soteron ton soteron (ἱερεὺς τῶν σωτήρων), priest of the Saviours, that is, of Antigonus and Demetr
• Hieroduli were persons of both sexes who were devoted, like slaves, to the worship of the gods. They
• Hieromenia means the holy season, during which, as in the treuga Dei of the mediaeval Church, all hos
• Hieromnemones were the more honourable of the two classes of representatives who composed the Amphictyon
• Hieropoei commissioners of sacrifices at Athens, were of various kinds. Aristotle classes them with
• Hierosylias graphe graphe (ἱεροσυλίας γραφή). This action must be distinguished from the γραφὴ κλοπῆς ἱερῶν χ
• Hilaria seems originally to have been a name which was given to any day or season of rejoicing. Th
• Hippicon a Greek measure of distance, equal to four stadia. According to Plutarch, it was mentioned
• Hippobotae the feeders of horses, was the name of the nobility of Chalcis in Euboea, corresponding to
• Hippodameia is an adjective derived from the name of the architect Hippodamus of Miletus, who is said
• Hippodromus was the name by which the Greeks designated the place appropriated to the horse-races, bot
• Hippoperae saddle-bags. This appendage to the saddle [EPHIPPIUM] was made of leather or untanned hide
• Histrio an actor. Greek The steps by which ὑποκρίνομαι, ὑποκριτὴς acquired their dramatic meaning
• Hodopoei public officers at Athens, who had to take care of the roads (οἱ ὁδῶν ἐπιμεληταί, Phot. Le
• Homoei the Equals, were those Spartans who possessed the full rights of citizenship, and are oppo
• Honores The word may be used in a general sense for any compliment or dignity conferred by a publi
• Hora in the signification of hour, that is, the 12th part of the natural day, did not come into
• Hori were stone tablets or pillars which were set up on the boundaries of land, or on some cons
• Horistae were officials chosen to settle boundaries mostly of sacred places (ἀρχή τις ἐστὶν ἥτις ἀφ
• Horologium was the name of the various instruments by means of which the ancients measured the time o
• Horreum was, according to its etymological signification, a place in which ripe fruits, and especi
• Hortus a garden. Greek Our knowledge of the horticulture of the Greeks is very limited. Curiously
• Hospitium . Hospitality is one of the characteristic features of almost all nations previous to thei
• Hyacinthia a great national festival, celebrated every year at Amyclae by the Amyclaeans and Spartans
• Hybris HYBREOS GRAPHE (ὕβρις, ὕβρεως γραφή). The fine instinct of the Greeks for civilisation is
• Hydraulus a water-organ. According to Athenaeus (iv. p. 174 c; cf. Plin. Nat. 7.125), it was the inv
• Hydria is a generic term for any water-jar or water-pot, but specifically applied to a form of ve
• Hydriaphoria was one of the services which aliens (μέτοικοι) residing at Athens had to perform to the A
• Hylori or HYLEORI (ὑλωροί,ὑληωροί) are said by Hesychius (s. v.) to have been officers who had th
• Hyperetes . The word is derived from ἐρέσσω, ἐρέτης, and therefore originally signifies a rower; but
• Hypoboles graphe graphe (ὑποβολῆς γραφή). Of this action Lexic. Seguer. p. 311 says that it was preferred a
• Hypocosmetae frequently occur in Athenian inscriptions of the time of the Roman empire, as assistants o
• Hyporchema was a lively kind of mimic dance which accompanied the songs used in the worship of Apollo
• Hysplenx the rope drawn across the race-course at the starting-point. [STADIUM] For other senses, s