Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 447
ch the besiegers couldpass on to the walls. Cp. Verg. Aen. xii. (572 f. : Ecce autem flammis inter tabulata volutusad caelum undabat vertex turrimque tenebat,tiiiiiin. compactis trabibua ijuani eduxerat ipsesubdideratque rotas pontisque instraverat altos. The tabulata are the floors ; cp. the… … This engine (catapulta, 6£v(3e\ij<;, KaraireXTip) was meantfor shooting arrows in a more or less horizontal direction,as contrasted with the ballista (see No. 484). The arms(dty/cwves, a) are inserted at one end between the elastictwisted thongs {rovoi, Junes) which are fastened into…
Classical antiquities
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