Catching all the oddities, the whimsies, the absurdities, and the littlenesses of conscious greatness by the way.

Backward, turn backward,

O time, in your flight!

Onward, still onward,

Seeking knowledge and light.

Perhaps the most ancient head-dress that we find mentioned in history is the tiara. Strabo informs us that it was in the form of a tower.

It is often seen carved upon ancient medals, and Servius calls it a Phrygian cap. The kings and heroes of Homer and Virgil wore this head-dress:—

This royal robe and this tiara wore

Old Priam.