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Chapters 14–15
Parangelmata Poliorcetica
2 diãxvra: For Apollod.’s zvyÆkaw (LSJ: “niche in a wall”). On the
latter term, more common in Latin authors, see G. Hermansen, Ostia:
Aspects of Roman City Life (Alberta, 1981), 23–24.
4 éparempod¤stvw: The Anon. Byz adds.
8 ÍpostuloÊsyv . . . stular¤oiw: For Apollod.’s stul≈masin
§reid°syv.
10–11 Ípoxal«nta tå stulãria: For Apollod.’s §ndãk˙ ı stËlow.
13 jÊlvn jhr«n §sxism°nvn: For Apollod.’s sx¤dakew.
14 dñdvn: The term is from Apollod. here and below at 19:18; see
André, “Résine,” 87 (“le “bois gras” (dòw) . . . tissus du pin gonflés de
résine”), and on pine wood see Dunn, “Exploitation,” esp. 259.
16 jÊsmata jÊlvn jhrå . . . §palif°nta: For Apollod.’s jÊsmata
jÊlvn teyeivm°na < . . . > periesparm°na, the lacuna in Apollod. posited
by Schneider. Schneider, Apollodoros, 17, note on Apollod. 145:12, takes
Apollod.’s purobÒla in this instance to be not fire-arrows but pure›a
(“Feuerzeuge”), an interpretation he sees as confirmed by the Anon.
Byz.’s additions here. See also below, 19:9–10. On the Anon. Byz.’s use
of tÚ purobÒlon generically see above on 2:9. For the form §palif°nta
see also below, 19:10 and cf. Athanasius, Vita Antonii, PG 26 col. 965:29,
§palife¤w.
17 Ígrò p¤ss˙: Presumably added by the Anon. Byz., although the
source, Apollod., may have a lacuna at this point; see also below at
19:9–10. For liquid pitch see De cer. 673:3 and 677:11: p¤ssa l¤trai
xiliãdew iÄ. Ígrop¤ssion magarikå stroggÊla tÄ, and as one of the materials
to be obtained in preparation for withstanding a siege, De obsid.
48:19, p¤ssan Ígrån ka‹ jhrãn. For discussion see p¤ssa Ígrã, André,
“Résine,” 95, and on pitch generally, Meiggs, Trees, 467–71, and RE
XIX at “Pech.” On the requisitioning of pitch for the Cretan expedition
see Dunn, “Exploitation,” 268–69. See also below 15:10 and 19:10.
Chapter 15. Protective Coverings for Tortoises
The Anon. Byz. here draws on Apollod. 146:4–147:6 with significant
changes in the sequence of presentation.
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