Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . the time of theKoman Emperors, Yegetius distinguishes two kinds of slings : thefustibalus, in which the thongs were joined to a staff, and which wasmerely discharged bv a jerk; and the sling calledfunda, consisting ofthongs or twisted hair, sometimes human hair, which was swung overthe head before the cast. Acorn-like lead-bullets (glandes), or roundpebbles (lapides missiles), were slung from b
Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . the time of theKoman Emperors, Yegetius distinguishes two kinds of slings : thefustibalus, in which the thongs were joined to a staff, and which wasmerely discharged bv a jerk; and the sling calledfunda, consisting ofthongs or twisted hair, sometimes human hair, which was swung overthe head before the cast. Acorn-like lead-bullets (glandes), or roundpebbles (lapides missiles), were slung from both with such violence thatthey crashed through shields and morions. Among the Greeks andKomans the slingers (ev8ovrjTai) formed, with the javelin-men (clkov-rtt&Tai, jaculatores) and archers (ro^orai, sagittarii), the three kinds oflight infantry. 8 77. xiii. 599, 600 :avT7)v Se [xet/>a] £vi>487](T6V £v(TTpe(Tcpeudour], %v apa 61 depdirwv exe> irot/x4vi Aaav. 438 THE THIRD, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap. VII. Nos. 617, 618, and 619 are, according to Mr. Davies of the BritishMuseum, of brown haematite. Similar well-polished stones are frequently No. Nos. 617-619. Well-polished Sling Bullets of brown Haematite. (3:4 actual size. Depth, 30 ft.) found in the stratum of the third or burnt city: as they are veryheavy, these also may have served as sling-bullets. Bullets of brownhaematite of an identical shape, and equally well polished, are frequentlyfound in Greece. No. 620 represents a well-polished battle-axe of green gabbro-rock,with two edges and a perforation in the middle for the handle. Stone
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