In v. 3. [Greek: puriô] is the word properly applied to steaming in a
vapour-bath; and [Greek: temachos] or [Greek: temachôn] is a slice or
cutlet of fish. (See Aristoph. _Nub._ 339.) In v. 4. [Greek: kaminos] must
not be rendered "chimney". It is a furnace or oven, and not even a stove or
hearth, as Scott and Liddell remark in v. The ancient Greeks, and probably
the Romans likewise, were unacquainted with chimneys. (See Beckmann, _Hist.
of Inventions_, art. "Chimneys," and Smith's _Dict. of Greek and Rom.
Ant._, art. "House".) The meanings of the Latin word _caminus_ are
explained by Beckmann (_Ib._, vol. i. p. 301. ed. Bohn). The short poem of
[Greek: kaminos ê keramis], attributed to Homer (_Epig._ 14.), illustrates
the meaning of the word [Greek: kaminos]. In these verses it is a furnace
used for baking pottery.
Crobylus was not earlier than Olymp. 114. B. C. 324. (See Meineke, _Ib._,
vol. i. p. 490.)