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Chapter 13<br />
Parangelmata Poliorcetica<br />
<strong>of</strong> his description <strong>of</strong> both the tortoise and the excavating operation<br />
does Apollod. mention that the tortoises are wheeled, a mention repeated<br />
by the Anon. Byz. at 15:21. For the view that the oddly positioned<br />
addition <strong>of</strong> wheels as well as the nails and clay covering in<br />
Apollod.’s text are due to a later redactor, see Blyth, “Apollodorus,” 135.<br />
14 prosegg¤svsi: For Apollod.’s §farmÒzei: that is, the diagonal cut<br />
allows the slanting beam to fit flush against the wall.<br />
15 ÍpÒyema: The term is from Apollod.; see Marsden, Treatises, 160 n.<br />
20, “a strengthening plate fixed beneath,” and Marsden, Development, 20<br />
and 29. See also below, ÍpÒyhma, 39:3.<br />
16 tå Íposthr¤zonta: For Apollod.’s tå lojå ka‹ tå §re¤donta.<br />
17–18 ·na . . . parekp¤pt˙ ˆpisyen: For Apollod.’s ˜pvw ëpanta tå<br />
§piballÒmena Ùlisya¤n˙.<br />
18–19 Tå . . . §kkekomm°na: For Apollod.’s tå êkra t«n jÊlvn toÊtvn.<br />
21 parasÊrvntai: For Apollod.’s =°mbhtai.<br />
21–22 d°rmata . . . peplegm°na: For Apollod.’s d°rreiw µ linçw µ<br />
trix¤naw: see above on 10:15–16.<br />
21 =ãkh: Rochas D’Aiglun, “Athénée,” 185 n. 1, suggests that =ãkh<br />
= Latin centones, citing Caesar, Bellum Civile II:9: “Coria autem, ne rursus<br />
igne ac lapidibus corrumpantur, centonibus conteguntur,” as well as<br />
Vegetius IV:15. On cento (k°ntrvn) see Dar.-Sag., Dictionnaire, I:1013:<br />
“couverture ou vêtement fait de pièces cousues ensemble. . . . Les<br />
Romains, sachant que la laine brûle difficilement, revêtaient d’épais<br />
centons de cette ét<strong>of</strong>fe les galeries d’approche qu’ils employaient dans<br />
les sièges.” See also RE III:1932–33, with references to military uses.<br />
The term is also found below at 15:9 and 55:15. Cf. also the use <strong>of</strong> felt<br />
(k°ntouklon), e.g., at De cer. 670:17 and 671:11 with discussion in Kolias,<br />
Waffen, 58.<br />
22 foin¤kvn: The Anon. Byz. adds; palm is recommended for its resilience<br />
by Ath. Mech. (17:14, on a filler tortoise), a passage cited by the<br />
Anon. Byz. (39:10) and perhaps the source for the recommendation<br />
here. Philo Mech. makes similar recommendations (91:4–6, hung on<br />
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