Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 369
help of a thong 320 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS (uyi<v\i), amentum), which was fastened round the shaft;the index and middle finger, in the method illustrated here,were slipped through the thong, and the spear balancedbetween thumb and index and on the ball of the hand.This spear has not a… … The method of holding the amentum (see No. 392) is notquite clear on this discus; from the more detailed illustra-tions it would appear that the strap passes over the indexand middle finger of the right hand. The form of thejavelin here is also different from that in No. 392; it has asharp long…
Classical antiquities
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