Γέρροιν
with a pair of wickers
Translated by Jennifer Benedict13 Jul 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Eupolis says a)po\ staurou= ["from a fence"].1
And Demosthenes [writes]: "and they set the wickers on fire."2 And [sc. the term can also mean] places which are fenced in; also Persian shields [made] out of twigs.3
And Attic [writers use] gerra for all sorts of coverings. Some are coverings which are Persian and of hide, which they use instead of shields.4
It also means any genitalia.5
And elsewhere Herodotus [writes]:6 "Cyrus, dispensing with most of the military practices, left for the soldiers only the task of fighting with sword and shield and corslet."7
"And hoplites carrying wicker-shields had next to them ones with wooden shields that reached to their feet; these were said to be Egyptians."8
And Demosthenes [writes]: "and they set the wickers on fire."2 And [sc. the term can also mean] places which are fenced in; also Persian shields [made] out of twigs.3
And Attic [writers use] gerra for all sorts of coverings. Some are coverings which are Persian and of hide, which they use instead of shields.4
It also means any genitalia.5
And elsewhere Herodotus [writes]:6 "Cyrus, dispensing with most of the military practices, left for the soldiers only the task of fighting with sword and shield and corslet."7
"And hoplites carrying wicker-shields had next to them ones with wooden shields that reached to their feet; these were said to be Egyptians."8