Eschenburg, J[ohann] J[oachim], 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 232
ld in the hands, mpnaKsg, for which the handle,bxavov, consisting of two small bars placed crosswise, was afterwards substituted. Lit-tle bells were sometimes hung upon the shields to increase the terror occasioned byshaking them. Zdy/jia was the name of a covering, designed to protect the shield… … 196 GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES. ravroTE cm, of shape. The Tifpov was in the shape of a rhombus, and first used bythe Persians; the Ovpeds was oblong and bent inward ; the Aaamov was composed ofhides with the hair on, and was very light; the IHXtt] was small and light, and, ac-cording to some, shaped like…
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