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Chapter 13 Parangelmata Poliorcetica 11v, with the wooden props and fire depicted on the other side; finally, another similar tortoise labeled xel≈nh Ùruktr¤w phl“ §pikexrism°nh is depicted on folio 12v. For the device see also Ath. Mech. 19:3–20:3; Vitruvius X:15:1; Callebat and Fleury, Vitruve, 262–63; Garlan, Recherches, 351, and above, 2:2. 1–2 å . . . émpeloxel≈naiw: The Anon. Byz. adds. 1 énvt°rv prorrhy°nta: See 7:15ff. 3 diafÒrouw: For Apollod.’s polutrÒpouw. 4–5 tåw legom°naw Ùruktr¤daw: Apollod. does not name the device in his description, but does use the phrase xelvn«n dioruktr¤dvn in his table of contents (138:19). Ath. Mech., in his brief description, uses the phrase t∞w Ùruktr¤dow xel≈nhw; Anna Comnena, Alexiad XIII:2:3, uses Ùruktr¤daw. 5–9 taÊtaw . . . oÏtvw: The Anon. Byz. adds. 5 dirrÊtouw: On the term see Trapp, Lexikon, s.v., who gives “mit zweiseitig abfallendem Dach, mit Satteldach.” It is added here by the Anon. Byz. Such a triangular form is also found in Vitruvius (X:15:1): “Quae autem testudines ad fodiendum comparantur . . . frontes vero earum fiunt quemadmodum anguli trigoniorum, uti a muro tela cum in eas mittantur, non planis frontibus excipiant plagas sed ab lateribus labentes, sine periculoque fodientes, qui intus sunt, intuentur.” This form of the tortoise is not described or depicted; see below on 13:7 and cf. ÙjÊrrutow at 22:11. 7 monopt°rouw: The term, added by the Anon. Byz., is contrasted with dirrÊtouw and thus apparently refers to a tortoise with a single slanting roof, like a lean-to, which accords with the Anon. Byz.’s description and the illustrations on folios 11r and 12v. Barocius renders “unicam habentes alam retro,” Schneider (note, pp. 21–23) “Pultdach,” suggesting a connection with the architectural use of tÚ pterÒn as “‘Schwebedecke,’ also monÒpterow ein Gebäude mit einem Dache.” Closer parallels for tÚ pterÒn as a defensive barrier may lie with Procopius, De aedificiis II:8:14: ˜per épokroÊesyai diå spoud∞w xvn ofikodom¤an tinå tª toË peribÒlou Íperbolª •t°ran §n∞ce kat’ aÈtÚ mãlista tÚ t«n [ 183 ]
Chapter 13 Commentary skop°lvn geitÒnhma, prokãlumma to›w §ny°nde maxom°noiw ée‹ §som°nhn. pterå tØn ofikodom¤an kaloËsi taÊthn §pe‹ Àsper épokr°masyai toË te¤xouw doke›, and with the interesting device described in the Scholia in Euripidem (scholia vetera) in Phoenissas 114: êlloi d¢ mbolã fasi toÁw kay°taw, tå nËn kaloÊmena pterã, ëper §st‹ tª kataskeuª toiãde. yÊran kataskeuãsantew ‡shn katã te m∞kow ka‹ plãtow tª pÊl˙ toË te¤xouw jvyen aÈt∞w xalkç p°tala kayhloËsin …w ılÒxalkon tØn yÊran nom¤zesyai. taÊthn §pãnv t∞w pÊlhw ·stasan oÈx •dra¤an éll’ Àsper kremam°nhn. t«n d¢ pul«n kleiom°nvn kay¤esan ênvyen tØn kexalkvm°nhn yÊran, ¥tiw m°xri toË §dãfouw fyãnousa §kãlupte tåw pÊlaw …w ín mhdem¤an §piboulØn g¤nesyai sy’ ˜te ka‹ purÚw prosferom°nou ta›w pÊlaiw jul¤naiw oÎsaiw. ka‹ polem¤vn m¢n poliorkoÊntvn tãw te pÊlaw kleion ka‹ tå mbola kay¤esan: efirÆnhw d¢ oÎshw diå tÚ tåw pÊlaw oÎsaw megãlaw dusx°reian par°xein n te t“ kle¤esyai ka‹ éno¤gesyai, taÊtaw m¢n e‡vn éneƒgm°naw diå pantÚw, •sp°raw d’ ±rkoËnto t“ §mbÒlƒ diã tinow mhxanÆmatow aÈtÚ kayi°ntew ka‹ én°lkontew. mbolon kale› §k toË ênvyen épÚ toË te¤xouw §mbãllesyai jvyen t«n pul«n, xalkÒdeton d¢ diå tÚ ded°syai ka‹ ±sfal¤syai xalk“. The phrase monÒptera plektã, …w d∞yen ciãyion in Nikephoros Ouranos, Taktika 65:95, apparently refers to plaited screens on laisai. 8 trapezoeide›w …w trig≈nouw: The Anon. Byz. adds this description; the phrase seems awkward as the sides of the tortoise would appear to be specifically triangular rather than trapezoidal. Schneider renders “eine unregelmässige Figur, so ziemlich ein Dreieck.” For similar geometric inf luence on description of a tortoise see Anna Comnena, Alexiad XIII:3:1: Mikrãn tina xel≈nhn . . . §n parallhlogrãmmƒ sxÆmati. 10–11 diå . . . rgou: The Anon. Byz. adds. 12 ımo¤vw . . . plãtow: The Anon. Byz. adds. 13 loj«w: The Anon. Byz. adds. 13 prÚw ˆnuxa: The phrase here is from Apollod.; the Anon. Byz. adds it again at 13:19 and at 49:12 in his own description of a triangular drop-bridge. 13–14 ÍpotrÒxvn éjÒnvn: The Anon. Byz. adds here; only at the end [ 184 ]
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