Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 371
hoop (t/x>xos, Graecus trochus ; the stickwas called eXarrjp, clavis) was considered by the Romans as x 322 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS a sign of effeminacy ; and this was probably also the case inGreece. The boy here carries a fighting-cock wrapped upin his mantle. Since the figure… … Three men seem to be playing each by himself with twoballs, the game being to keep one ball (pila) always in theair; a fourth acts as marker or instructor. The game inwhich the ball was thrown from one player to another wascalled datatim ludere. ANTIQUITIES 323 396. The Amphitheatre at Pompeii.
Classical antiquities
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