Ἔφαμμα
shirt
Translated by Ryan Stone6 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the garment [of that name].1
Polybius [writes]: "for some of them appeared wearing their trousers2 and light cloaks about them. But the others, from vanity, threw these away and stood before the military force [i.e., the army] naked with their weapons, supposing that this would be more practical because some parts of the ground were overgrown with thorns that would entangle their shirts."3
Polybius [writes]: "for some of them appeared wearing their trousers2 and light cloaks about them. But the others, from vanity, threw these away and stood before the military force [i.e., the army] naked with their weapons, supposing that this would be more practical because some parts of the ground were overgrown with thorns that would entangle their shirts."3