xiiv.  4),  were  thoH  wbo  blew  upon  wind  inftiu-
mentfl  ia   the    Romui  annj,    uunelj,   the  Ime-
eiMJonn,  conidntt,  and  laikiiut,  and  thej
•a  caUed  becanae  all  thae  inttmmenti  wets  i
of  an  or  bioDio.  (Suet.  Out.  5Z)     AencaloRi
»ete  alao  employed  in  the  public  gunM.  (Sen.  A^
84.)    Aa"    ■


to  tare  been  a  Tety  a
Oredcif  upeciallj  at  their  aynipDiia,  to  amuse
themielTei  bj  Hopoaing  liddlei  to  be  volTed.
Their  partiBlity  for  thii  »rt  of  amniemenl  ii  B^
teited  by  the  &ct  that  vune  penoni.  inch  ai
Tbeodeclei  of  PhaKlia  and  Ariitoaymu,  acqoinid
caniiderable  repalation  u  inrenton  ood  wrtten  of
tidd](a.(Athen.i.D^4£l,  4£2,iiLp.£3a)  Thoie
«ho  were  mcceeam  m  aolTing  the  nddle  pmpoied
to  them  Ttceired  a  price,  vbich  had  been  pre-
TJooi];  agreed  upon  by  the  coinpany,  and  unuJIy
CDiuiited  of  vreadu^  taeniae,  cakei,  and  other
iveetmeata,  or  hiwei,  vhcrou  a  pecvui  nnahle  to
iolre  s  riddle  wat  ccndemned  to  drink  in  one

InlhuJtwatar.  (Athen.i.p.457  ;  PDl1ui,Ti.l07  i
Heaych.  i.  r.  ypipsi.)  ThoH  riddlea  vUch  hare
eome  doim  to  ni  an  moatly  in  liezatnelcr  tcik,
and  the  tragic  ai  well  ai  comic  writen  not  unfre-
quentlf  introduced  them  into  their  pUya  Pollux
(L  e.)  diitingniifaca  tvo  hindi  of  riddlei,  the
o&ry/aa  and  Tjiu^i,  and,  according  to  him,  the
former  ma  of  a  joccee  and  the  latter  of  a  Hrioni
nature ;  bnt  in  the  writen  whoae  vorki  hare  come
down  to  HI,  no  mch  diitiuctian  it  obaerred  ;  and
there  a»  paingea  where  the  mine  yci^  ii
girai  In  the  moet  Indicroui  joket  of  thii  kind.
