PILLEUS |
Form: Gr. pilos; less correctly spelt pileus. |
A round felt cap with little or no brim lying close to the temples. It was the mark of fishermen, sailors, and artisans; hence Castor and Pollux, Odysseus, Charon, Hephaestus, and Daedalus are representedwith it. The upper classes wore it only in the country or when travelling; but it was worn in Rome by the whole people at the Saturnalia, and by freedmen as a sign of their new position. It was placed on the head of slaves when sold, as a sign that the vender undertook no responsibility. (See cuts, and cp.ODYSSEUS, fig. 1, and coin under BRUTUS.) |
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Pictures and Media
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Panofka, Bilder antiken Lebens, viii 5. |
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Do., xiv 3. |
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Muller's Denkmaler, I xivii 215a. |
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