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Sentence
Accubation
was
introduced
in
Rome
after
the
first
Punic
War
(264-241
BC).
In
Greece
accubation
was
unknown
at
the
time
of
the
Homeric
poems
(cf.
Od.
i.
145
ἑξείης
ἕζοντο
κατὰ
κλισμούς
τε
θρόνους
τε,
XV.
134
ἑζέσθην
δ᾽
ἄρ᾽
ἔπειτα
κατὰ
κλισμούς
τε
θρόνους
τε),
but
afterwards
the
Greeks
and
Romans
adopted
this
Oriental
fashion
and
lay
very
nearly
flat
on
their
breasts
while
taking
their
meals,
or
in
a
semi-sitting
posture
supported
on
the
left
elbow.
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Accubation was introduced in Rome after the first Punic War (264-241 BC). In Greece accubation was unknown at the time of the Homeric poems (cf. Od. i. 145 ἑξείης ἕζοντο κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε, XV. 134 ἑζέσθην δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε), but afterwards the Greeks and Romans adopted this Oriental fashion and lay very nearly flat on their breasts while taking their meals, or in a semi-sitting posture supported on the left elbow.
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