Eschenburg, J[ohann] J[oachim], 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 248
) was fastened by means of lock and key (kXcis) ; the key de- PLATE XXV. … 212 GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES. scribed by Homer seems to have been merely a bolt which was moved by a thong((//ay) attached to it(Od. i. 442). In later times keys similar to the modern were in use.—Various articles of furniture are named. Although the house usually had a fixed fire-place (Iffria),…
Classical antiquities
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