seven books of the Attick antiquities

Jaid one upon the other. Oz/i^faies ^^jax had Septfmplicm
cljpeunt , a Buckler that had feaveo peices of or foldings in it;
and y^'?k^»f ornaments to be feen, and ^y^^c^^
tMlcn, litcle holes to fee others by, fet in the jtoj, or the border.
And 2ly, For the invention of them; the handle by which
they held it, called y^Vsir, or Ticpraf, or o;)/apop,wa8 invented by
the Cares, and thence it was that Anacreon called it , K^e^os?*
StfAho 1. 14. y^^ °^ ^'' ' ^^^ ^0 Wfi''^ likewife the umbilicus , and the amseSy
and moft of the reft. In memory of this invention , when
they buried any man, they ufed to put a Shield and a Crcft
into the grave along with him. The Armes ( 7a oh/zh* , or
* AriHobh in
amtntua ) were difFerent,according to the quality of the bearer^
ZfljjfeJ had his J\hcntly,and
for the moft part,ufed to beare Eagles,ft'azj7y^f i^VJ
X(W, Tdi-y^vTrci^Ti'KO ^^KnhetTbi. To the Armes, they added ffr/f/
in commendation of the prowefTe of the Perfon, by which he
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dcfervcd thofe Armes , and the name of the maker ; fuch as
Paufanias relates upon that of Idommetu, The cafe or ThiCA
wherein the (hield was put , they called my^a , a name ( it
maybe) for any other the like c^i/?/, according to that in
* Andromache*
Rhodiginw faies , that in the ufe of the (hield , there were
£. XI, c, X4. fome things which they obfetved co be iminow- for if it happened
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