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FELT BY THE ANCIENTS. 431<br />

especially by the Emperor Caracalla, who, as Herodian states,<br />

aimed to imitate Alex<strong>and</strong>er the Great in his costume. It<br />

appears probable, nevertheless, that the turning up <strong>of</strong> the brim<br />

was not peculiar to the Macedonians, <strong>and</strong> it may have depended<br />

altogether on accident or fancy ; for we find instances <strong>of</strong> it on<br />

painted fictile vases, where there is no reason to suppose that<br />

any reference was intended either to Macedonia or <strong>The</strong>ssaly.<br />

Fig. 10. Plate IX. for example, is taken from the head <strong>of</strong><br />

Bellerophon, on one <strong>of</strong> Sir William Hamilton's vases* ; <strong>and</strong> the<br />

left-h<strong>and</strong> figure from a fictile vase at Vienna, engraved by<br />

Ginzrott. This hat is remarkable for the boss at the top, which<br />

we observe also on the jEtolian coins, <strong>and</strong> in various <strong>other</strong><br />

examples.<br />

—<br />

In connection with the above quoted expression <strong>of</strong> Dio Cas-<br />

sius it may be observed further, that besides the causia two<br />

varieties <strong>of</strong> the petasus seem to be alluded to by several ancient<br />

authors, viz. the <strong>The</strong>ssalian, <strong>and</strong> the Arcadian or Laconiaa.<br />

How they were distinguished, cannot be ascertained, but the<br />

passages which mention them will now be produced, that the<br />

reader may judge for himself <strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>ssaUan variety is<br />

mentioned by Dio Cassius, by <strong>The</strong>ophrastus, as above quoted<br />

(p. 427), <strong>and</strong> by Callimachus in the following fragment, which<br />

is preserved in the Scholia on Sophocles, (Ed. Col. 316.<br />

And about his head lay a felt, newly <strong>com</strong>e from <strong>The</strong>ssaly, as<br />

a protection from wet. Frag. 124. ed. Erncsti.<br />

<strong>The</strong> frenzied Cynic philosopher Menedenuis, among <strong>other</strong> peculiarities,<br />

wore an Arcadian hat, HAVING THE TWELVE<br />

SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC WOVEN INTO IT: ! Ammianus<br />

(Brunck, Anal. ii. 384.) represents an orator dedicating<br />

" an Arcadian hat" to Mercury, who Avas the patron <strong>of</strong> his art,<br />

<strong>and</strong> also a native <strong>of</strong> Arcadia.<br />

Herodes Atticus wore " the Arcadian hat"' at Athens, as a<br />

protection from the sun ; <strong>and</strong> the language <strong>of</strong> Philostralus, in<br />

recording the fact, shows that the Athenians <strong>of</strong> his time <strong>com</strong>-<br />

* Vol. i. pi. 1.<br />

t Uher die Wagen und Fuhrwerke der Alien, vol. i. p. 342.<br />

t Diog. Laert. vi. 102. See Gilroy'a Treatise on the Art <strong>of</strong> Weaving, Amer«<br />

ican edition, p. 446.

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