A dictionary of Greek and Roman . 6), or the wild fig, which was also usedfor the rim of the chariot; heat was applied to assistin producing the requisite curvature. (77. xxi. 37,38, compared with Theocrit. xxv. 247—251.) Thefelly was, however, composed of separate pieces,called arcs (a\p?8es, Hes. Op. et Dies, 426). Hesiod(I. c.) evidently intended to recommend that awheel should consist of four pieces, (d) The tire,imacarpov, ca?ithus. Homer (II. v. 725) describesthe chariot of Hera as having a tire of bronze upona golden felly, thus placing the harder metal in aposition to res
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . 6), or the wild fig, which was also usedfor the rim of the chariot; heat was applied to assistin producing the requisite curvature. (77. xxi. 37,38, compared with Theocrit. xxv. 247—251.) Thefelly was, however, composed of separate pieces,called arcs (a\p?8es, Hes. Op. et Dies, 426). Hesiod(I. c.) evidently intended to recommend that awheel should consist of four pieces, (d) The tire,imacarpov, ca?ithus. Homer (II. v. 725) describesthe chariot of Hera as having a tire of bronze upona golden felly, thus placing the harder metal in aposition to resist friction, and to protect the softer. 4. The pole (, temo). It was firmly fixedat its lower extremity to the axle; and at theother end (anpoppvpiov) the pole was attached tothe yoke either by a pin (e/xgoAos), as shown inthe chariot engraved below, or by the use of ropesand bands [Jugum]. All tne parts now enumerated are seen in anancient chariot preserved in the Vatican, a repre-sentation of which is given in the annexed Carriages with two or even three poles wereused by the Lydians. (Aeschyl. Pers. 47.) TheGreeks and Romans, on the other hand, appearnever to have used more than one pole and oneyoke, and the currus thus constructed was com-monly drawn by two horses, which were attachedto it by their necks, and therefore called 8i£vyesliriroi (Horn. II. v. 195, x. 473), pis ( i. 2. § 1), gemini jugales (Virg. Aen. ), equi bijuges (Georg. iii. 91). If a thirdhorse was added, as was not unfrequently the case,it was fastened by traces. It may have been in-tended to take the place of either of the yoke horses( fyyioi ItttvoC), which might happen to be horse so attached was called irap^opos. Ginz-I rot ( Wdgen und Fahrwerke, vol. i. p. 342) has pub - CURRUS. CURRUS. 379 lished two drawings of chariots with three horses,from Etruscan vases in the collection at lititos Trapriopos is placed on the right of thetwo yoke hor
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