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DISSERTATION ON THE 



ill the tying. There were alfo affixed upon the yoke 

 hooks or rings, (Fig.Albbb) called ou£?, through which, 

 fays Euftathius, the reins which guided the horles were 

 pafiTed. The drawing in the plate will beft defcribe 

 this jugum, for every part of which there is fufficienc 

 authority even in this palTage alone of Homer. The 

 method of harneffing the jugal horfes was as follows : 

 The charioteer firft put on upon the horfes the lepadna 

 or collar, and the mafkalifteris, or body-girth. They 

 then laid the yoke acrofs their necks upon the lophos 

 or withers, where it was tycd to the lepadna and maf- 

 kalifteris by the jugalia lora f. He then brought them 

 thus yoked to the chariot, and laid the pole of the cha- 

 riot upon the yoke, paffing the eftor through the krikos, 

 the hole or ring at the end of it, after which he 

 bound (Fig. DJ both firmly together, tying them trebly 

 or threefold $ on each fide, (Fig. Cd). After which the 

 reins, which came from the horfes' head, were pafi^ed 

 through the rings fixed upon the yoke. In a baflb re- 

 lievo on a fepulchral urn, exhibited in Piranifi, there 

 is an exemplar of the adt of harnefiing the horfes to 

 the jugum. If the reader is curious enough to turn to 

 the pafFage above cited from Homer, of which I have 



f It appears from Homer, in the paflage above cited, that this was 

 done in the ftable before the jugum was fixed to the temo; but the 

 ufual way was, after having harnefled the horfes, to tye the jugum to 

 the temo, and then bring the horfes to the jugum thus fixed, and tackle 

 them to the jugunu 



;t Homer. 



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