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found at Olympia and at Pergamon (Curtius and 

 Adler, Olympia, tafelband iv ; Altertlimer von 

 Pergamon, ii, taf. 43). It was made of strips of 

 metal, lapping over each other like the fingers 

 of a mediaeval gauntlet. See also Baumeister, 

 Denkmaler, p. 2028. 



63. (Page 66.) Greaves were made of elastic 

 metal, lined with felt or leather, and were snapped 

 about the leg below the knee and then fastened 

 behind with straps or buckles. Such a piece is 

 here recommended to fit the right arm ; and on the 

 analogy of the leg-greave I suppose that it was 

 intended for the part of the arm below the elbow. 



64. (Page 67.) That is, the part near the 

 shoulder and the armpit ; this is left unprotected 

 by the unfolding of the flaps mentioned above. 



65. (Page 67.) The armour here prescribed for 

 the horse is not Greek, but Oriental. We find no 

 evidence of its use in Greece in the art or litera- 

 ture of the fifth century. Xenophon, doubtless, 

 became acquainted with it during the Expedition 

 of the Ten Thousand, approved it and desired its 

 introduction into Greece. It was introduced to a 

 Hmited extent in the fourth century. But there is 

 nothing in art to explain how the thigh- armour of 

 the horse protected the rider's legs. 



66. (Page 67.) Here the Greek word is e-n-oxov; 

 but just before and in chapter seven (see note 42) 



