. The life of the Greeks and Romans. 250 VEHICLES.. Fig. 285. sides were composed of strong boards. Fig. 285, taken from aRoman relief, shows a chariot into which the corpse of Antilochos is being lifted by his friends. About the construction ofvehicles for every-day usewe know little. As some-what similar to the two-wheeled diphros, we mentionthe gig. The wheels resem-ble those of the chariot; aseat for two people, witha back and sides to it, restson the axle (Fig. 286). Inanother vase-painting (Grer-hard, Auserlesene griech.Yasenbilder, Taf. CCXYII.) this seat resembles a chest; on ita femal
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. The life of the Greeks and Romans. 250 VEHICLES.. Fig. 285. sides were composed of strong boards. Fig. 285, taken from aRoman relief, shows a chariot into which the corpse of Antilochos is being lifted by his friends. About the construction ofvehicles for every-day usewe know little. As some-what similar to the two-wheeled diphros, we mentionthe gig. The wheels resem-ble those of the chariot; aseat for two people, witha back and sides to it, restson the axle (Fig. 286). Inanother vase-painting (Grer-hard, Auserlesene griech.Yasenbilder, Taf. CCXYII.) this seat resembles a chest; on ita female figure is seated ; the driver sits at her feet close to thepole with his legs hanging down at the side, aposition similar to that of modern Neapolitancoachmen. On a coin of the city of Rhegium wesee a one-horse vehicle on which the driver sitsin a cowering position. We are ignorant ofthe names of these different forms of the gig.Fig-. 286. Air-tjvYi and ajua^a seem both to apply to four-wheeled vehicles of larger dimensions, used for carryingpeo