The antiquities of Herculaneum . monuments is furnifhed with barsas ours are. See Scbefferus de re Vehicul. W. 17, 18, &c. (5] The ancients ufed as many poles as there were pair of beafts to the Ifidore, xviii. 35. (t Quadrigarum currus duplici temone erant. And Xeno-phony Cyrop. vi. the carriage of Abradates had four poles and eight carriage was called biga or quadriga from the number of beafts that drew went as far as lixteen : for Xenophon fays, that Cyruss chariot had eight poles,and confequently it muft have been drawn by eight pair of horfes: Cyrop. vi.*
The antiquities of Herculaneum . monuments is furnifhed with barsas ours are. See Scbefferus de re Vehicul. W. 17, 18, &c. (5] The ancients ufed as many poles as there were pair of beafts to the Ifidore, xviii. 35. (t Quadrigarum currus duplici temone erant. And Xeno-phony Cyrop. vi. the carriage of Abradates had four poles and eight carriage was called biga or quadriga from the number of beafts that drew went as far as lixteen : for Xenophon fays, that Cyruss chariot had eight poles,and confequently it muft have been drawn by eight pair of horfes: Cyrop. vi.* Kupf^j 2s 3wv 70 T^ax^jujw uvja apfjux, Tutfsvoqo-zv wg oiov tj hv\ xexi oxIctgvjjLov TVorqa-ua-Qotiy* ugs ok]oo £evB<ri (3qwj uFhv twv [AVjx/xvwv to TtctjwTcijov oiK^ Edit. Hutch, p. 429. [6] To this piece of wood was faftened the yoke, or a rope called Apr^y. SeeSuidas in A[Mrpswv]s£. Hefychius and Eujlathius upon Iliad vi. 476. underftand the rope which was fometimes made ufe of inftead of a pole. The.
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