NEBRIS
NEBRIS a fawn's skin (from
νεβρός, a fawn; see
AEGIS), worn originally by hunters and others as an appropriate part
of their dress, and afterwards attributed to Dionysus (
Eur. Ba. 111,
126,
176; Aristoph.
Ranae, 1211, &c.), and consequently assumed by his
votaries in the processions and ceremonies which they observed in honour of
him. [
DIONYSIA] The annexed
woodcut, taken from Sir W. Hamilton's
Vases (1.37), shows a
priestess of Bacchus in the attitude of offering a nebris to him or to one
of his ministers. The works of ancient art often show it as worn not only by
male and female bacchanals, but also by Paus.and Satyrs.
[p. 2.226]It was commonly put on in the same manner as the aegis, or
goat-skin, by tying the two forelegs
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Nebris, fawn's skin. (From Greek vase.)
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over the right shoulder so as to allow the body of the skin to
cover the left side of the wearer. (Ovid.
Met. 6.593.)
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J.Y]