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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3280056, member: 85693&quot;]Thanks, BenSi!&nbsp; That the puny one is an imitation makes sense.&nbsp; The style is a bit coarser, I think. </p><p><br /></p><p>I should add that while I was researching these, I was quite thrilled to find out what an akakia is - new to me.&nbsp; Wikipedia (for anybody who might not know):</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The <i><b>akakia</b></i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" rel="nofollow">Greek</a>: ἀκακία, literally &quot;guilelessness&quot;) was a cylindrical purple silk roll containing dust, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regalia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regalia" rel="nofollow">held</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_emperor" rel="nofollow">Byzantine emperors</a> during ceremonies, and symbolizing the mortal nature of all men. It possibly developed from the <i>mappa</i>, the cloth used by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_consul" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_consul" rel="nofollow">Roman consuls</a> to start the races at the hippodrome.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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