Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries (1885)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 268
miss the monster, for the arrow entered themouth of the serpent a little above the head of the child.Thus the animal was killed, and the father has suspendedhis bow upon this oak in witness of his good fortune andhis skill. The archers of antiquity shot their arrows to a distanceof 574 feet,… … THE NATIONS MOST CELEBRATED AS ARCHERS. 267 The Greeks of the Eastern empire were no less accom«plished in shooting with the bow than their ancestorsZosimus, a historian of the fifteenth century, speaks of ai>archer named Menelaus, who, with a single bow, shot oflthree arrows at one and the same…
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