[lit-ideas] Re: Biga Quizz
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:25:09 -0700
I bought a book.
So now, a quizz.
Who opened a chapter with, "It was when the heats of noon died
gradually away from the earth that Glaucus and Ione went forth to enjoy
the cooled and grateful air. At that time various carriages were in
use among the Romans; the one most used by the richer citizens, when
they required no companion in their excursions, was the biga, already
described in the early portion of this work; that appropriated to the
matrons was termed carpentum, which had commonly two wheels; the
ancients used also a sort of litter, a vast sedan-chair, more
commodiously arranged than the modern, inasmuch as the occupant thereof
could lie down at ease, instead of being perpendicularly and stiffly
jostled up and down."
Brill.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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