SCHENOBATES (from the Greek, σκηνός, a rope, and βαίνω, I walk), a name which the Greeks gave to their rope-dancers. By the Romans they were called funambuli. The schenobates were slaves whose masters made money of them, by entertaining the people with their feats of activity. Mercurialis (De Arte Gymnastica, lib. iii.) gives us five figures of schenobates, engraven after ancient stones.