REGIA HOMERICA^. DoMUs omnis regis, vel principis alicujus viri, Homeri- cis temporibus, in media area, muro circumsepta, sita erat ; atque in eo muro janua exterior, TpoQvpov^ sive Ovpai avXeiaiy duplici valva, SiKXiSeai^ claudenda, ita patebat ut currus et equi commode transire possent Ei ex adverso erat janua interior, Ovpa sive Ovperpov^ viam in atrium praebens, quod, media ac praecipua pars domus, ad centenos simul et plures etiam convivas accipiendos aptum et idoneum ; camino magno, qui simul omnibus pro culina erat, instructum^; parvisque et praealtis fenestris, opaoOvpai^^ per quas lumen solis intraret, et lampadum fumus exiret^, in altum patebat usque ad tectum, quod, in hac parte, solarium fuisse oportet ut homines in eo dormitum irent, et pernocta- rent ad frigus captandum, quomodo Elpenor in domo Circes^. Fueritne caminus in medio atrio, an in pariete, baud facile dixerim; sed usus simplicior et antiquior in medio fuisse potius suadet. Duplici columnarum lignearum serie suffultum erat, in quas, et hastas innixas, et sellulas ponebant ; nonullas harum ita, ut ad focum etiam sedentes columnis simul inniterentur^ ; quod, unica et media duntaxat serie, in tanto spatio, fieri non poterat. Pavimentum erat nullum^ ne glarea quidem, argilla, vel arena stratum ; et solum ipsum tam parum complanatum
- The above dissertation was written by Mr Payne Knight^ and some copies of it
privately distributed by him, a few years after the publication of his edition of Homer. As however he did not live to superintend a new edition of that work, and as the dis- sertation in question had received the author's last hand, there is no reason why it should not now be laid before the public. ^* ^« ^' ' 11. Q. 161, 323. Od. A. 103. A. 20. H. 4. P. 265. S. 100. ^. 389. 2 Od. Z. 305. H. 154. n. 248—253. ^ Od. X. 126, &c. ' Od. K. 556. ^Od. A.127. Z.305. 9.66, 473. ^^ 89.
