Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 248
in the hands, TropnaKsg, for which the handle,oxavov, consisting of tw^o small bars placed crosswise, was afterwards substituted. Lit-tle bells were sometimes hung upon the shields to increase the terror occasioned byshaking them. YdYiJta was the name of a covering, designed to protect the shield… … 196 GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES. iravrore cat, of shape. The Ti^pov was in the shape of a rhombus, and first used bythe Persians; the Otpjof was oblong and bent inward ; the Aaafiiov was composed ofhides with the hair on, and was very light; the ZIeXd? was small and hght, and, ac-cording to some, shaped…
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