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Headword:
Σάμβυκες
Adler number: sigma,74
Translated headword: sambucas
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A type of siege engine, according to
Polybius.[1] There are instructions on how to build one in the [treatise] On Description.[2]
Σάμβυκες: γένος μηχανήματος πολιορκητικοῦ, ὥς φησι Πολύβιος. περὶ δὲ τῆς κατασκευῆς αὐτοῦ γέγραπται ἐν τῷ Περὶ ἐκφράσεως.
Notes:
It bore the same name (or nickname) as a stringed musical instrument (
sigma 73), and was specifically designed for scaling a wall where the approach was by water.
[1] Mentioned throughout
Polybius 8.4.2-8.6.6 (on Marcellus' equipment at the siege of Syracuse, 212 BCE).
[2] By whom? (In fact
Polybius loc.cit. gives them.)
J.G. Landels, "Ship-shape and sambuca-fashion," Journal of Hellenic Studies 86 (1966) 69-77
M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 75-77
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Translated by: David Whitehead on 19 December 2000@04:39:29.
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