ἐσχάρη , gen. and dat.
ἐσχαρόφιν: hearth, fire -
place;
πυρός, of watchfires, Il. 10.418. (According to some,
‘portable’ hearths are to be understood in certain
passages, e. g., Od. 5.59, Od. 6.305, Od.
20.123. Portable fire-basins were doubtless common in the
time of Homer as now in the Orient. See cut No. 83; cf. also the
Pompeian warming-pan and water-warmer represented in the adjoining
cut.)