History of ancient pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)
Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885. History of ancient pottery · London, J. Murray · leaf 266
ayOf the wheel to his hands well-fitted, to know if it runneth true. As regards the traditions, even Strabo ^ realised their absurdity,when he asked, How could the wheel be the invention ofAnacharsis, when his predecessor Homer knew of it ? On theother hand, Poseidonios adheres to the tradition,… … FIG. 65. PO iters wheel (FROM A PAIXTING OF ABOUT 600 B.C.). •of a low circular table, turned with the hand, not as nowadays•with the foot. The assumption that the wheel was turned withthe foot is only supported by one passage in the Book ofEcclesiasticus ^; the evidence of Plutarch and Hippokrates…
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