Virgil's Aeneid, translation by Thomas Phaer (started in 1558): Then Iäpyx, whom the God of Physic taught,
His art to practise, and Apollo taught,
Tried all his skill; in vain the shaft he drew,
And dress’d the wound with medicinal dew.
Nor herbs, nor art, nor magic prayers prevail;
The wound still bleeds, and will forever fail.
Then Venus, lov’d of Mars, herself did bring
A branch of ambrosia from a heav’nly spring;
The purple liquor pour’d she in the wound,
Which ceased the pain, and closed it from the ground.
"Bring my arms!" he cries, "the fight calls me!"
zdroj z fb, text k fotke. This fresco from Pompeii, dating from the 1st century AD, is now on display in the Naples National Archaeological Museum and vividly depicts a touching scene from classical mythology.
The depiction shows the healer Iapyx carefully removing an arrowhead from the leg of the Trojan hero Aeneas. Next to Aeneas, his young son Iulus Ascanius weeps with sorrow at the sight of his father's wound. On the left, Venus, Aeneas' divine mother, appears concerned and protective, representing the emotional depth and drama of the moment
Táto freska z Pompejí pochádzajúca z 1. storočia n.l. je teraz vystavená v Národnom archeologickom múzeu v Neapolskom národnom archeologickom múzeu a živo zobrazuje dojemnú
Vyobrazenie ukazuje liečiteľa Iapyx opatrne odstraňuje hrot šípu z nohy trojského hrdinu Aenea. Vedľa Aeneasa plače jeho malý syn Iulus Ascanius od smútku pri pohľade na otcovu ranu. Vľavo sa Venuša, Aeneasova božská matka, javí znepokojená a ochranárska, čo predstavuje emocionálnu hĺbku
Roman doctor Celsus and his description of removing “bullets”. There's actually a Fresco of Pompeii showing a Roman surgeon “extracting a projectile”
Slingers or “Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones” 10-8-15
I've got an article out of a magazine “Giant Slayer: The unsung sling was low-tech, low-class and as lethal as a modern handgun” by foster Grunfeld. (I wish I could find it online.) My favorite part of the article was a sidebar that pretty much summed it up: “We must get hold of slingers and cavalry as soon as we can...According to Xenophon, the Persians did no further damage by their old methods of long-range fighting, since the Rhodians could sling farther than the Persian slingers and farther even than most of their archers.”
Also people should read the Roman doctor Celsus and his description of removing “bullets”. There's actually a Fresco of Pompeii showing a Roman surgeon “extracting a projectile”.
The Greeks and Romans used to inscribe messages on their stones; “For Pompey's Backside”.
When I was a kid I got hit in the back of the head by a rock thrown a block away from this other kid who got “lucky”. No Fun.
It also said in the Grunfeld article “Local folklore has it that Balearic Slingers could sink ships at more than 500 yards. This sounds far-fetched, but nevertheless the Romans, when they arrived to conquer Mallorca in 123 BC after several failed attempts, first stretched hides above the decks as protection against sling bullets and other projectiles.”
I'm reading Caesar's Civil War. (I've read the Wiseman's Battle for Gaul twice). Slinger's were an important and deadly addition to these armies
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1424720167832570 TROY (TROİA) and ancient civilizations
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