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Chapters 22–24
Parangelmata Poliorcetica
57 bastagãw: Given Apollod.’s ≤ m¢n tÚn flstÚn f°rousa toiaÊth, presumably
bastagÆ refers to what is carried (see Hesychius, 309:1: bastagÆ:
bãrow, and Trapp, Lexikon, s.v., Gepäck), while bãstagma below at 25:9
and 40:13 refers to the suspension system. Barocius, however, renders
both terms with sustentacula and Schneider with Gehänge.
58 ≤ . . . deut°ra: The second tortoise is illustrated on folio 18r, the
others are not. For discussion of Apollod.’s addition of them as a critique
of Hellenistic practices, see Lendle, Schildkröten,106–7.
61 …w proe¤pomen: Said above (13:35–38) of the excavating tortoises.
61–62 diå tÚ eÈkÒpvw prosãgesyai: For Apollod.’s diå tÚ eÈãgvgon
ka‹ eÈsÊnyeton.
63–64 diå . . . parãgesyai: For Apollod.’s diå tå §nant¤a toÊtoiw
§latt≈mata. The Anon. Byz.’s duseur°tvn (see also below [32:1]
duseÊreto¤ efisi), a term not found in Apollod. or Ath. Mech., may suggest
a somewhat greater concern with the availability of wood than his
sources, although Apollod. (139:5) does recommend building machines
eÈpÒrista tª Ïl˙ (see above, 2:15–19).
64–65 Tå . . . ÍpÒkeitai: For Apollod.’s Tå d¢ sxÆmata ka‹ tå ˆryia
ka‹ tå kãtv gegramm°na parãkeitai. On Apollod.’s terminology see below,
27:92.
Chapter 23. Ramming the Upper Parts of the Wall
The suggestion is added here by the Anon. Byz. The concept of attacking
the upper parts of the walls may be derived from Apollod. 185:13–
16 (a passage repeated by the Anon. Byz. at 40:12–16), where rams on
ladders are said to have a shorter front hanger to provide them an upward
angle, thus giving access to the upper and hence less unified parts
of the wall.
Chapter 24. Wheels for the Ram Tortoise
The Anon. Byz. draws here on Apollod. 156:3–158:1.
3 proe¤rhtai: Cf. 15:1–3, above.
4–5 phloË . . . memalagm°nou: See above on 15:5.
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