Ὄναγροι
onagers
Translated by David Whitehead23 Oct 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. Military] machines, the so-called snatchers, which used to attack, snatch and hold the assailants.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄναγροι· μηχανήματα, οἱ λεγόμενοι ἅρπαγες, οἵγε ἁρπάζειν τοὺς προσιόντας ἐπιβαλλόμενοι εἶχον.
Betacode
*)/onagroi: mhxanh/mata, oi( lego/menoi a(/rpages, oi(/ge a(rpa/zein tou\s prosio/ntas e)piballo/menoi ei)=xon.
Notes
- Rather, a stone-throwing engine also known as the one-armer (
mona/gkwn ). See e.g. Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 5.21.19; also in Latin writers such as Vegetius and Ammianus Macellinus; and generally E.W. Marsden, Greek and Roman Artillery: technical treatises (Oxford 1971) chap. VIII.
For onagers as animals (wild asses) see omicron 324.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Aug 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded notes — David Whitehead
- added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead