[7] Herod. B. vii. 61. thus speaks of these tunics:—"Κιθῶινας-Ιωτοΰς χειριδoτoὺς ποικίλους λεπίδος σιδηρέης όψιν ἰχθυoειδέος."
[8] τὴν κεφαλὴν δι' ὃλου σφηκοῦντες—literally pinching in like a wasp; the frontal fitting closely to the shape of the horse's head and face.
[9] oἷον ἐμβεβλημένος.
[10] See Herod. B. iii. 111.
[11] See the previous description of the Persian amour.
[12] See note in Blakesley's Herod. vii. 40.
[13] Like the Parthians—
"... versis animosum equis
Parthum."—Hor. I Od. xix 10.
[14] Arrows somewhat resembling these are used by the wild Bushmen of Africa for destroying the ostrich and other kinds of game. "These insignificant looking arrows are about two feet six inches in length; they consist of a slender reed, with a sharp bone head, thoroughly poisoned with a composition of which the principal ingredients are obtained, sometimes from a succulent herb, having thick leaves, yielding a poisonous milky juice, and sometimes from the jaws of snakes."—Wood's Nat. Hist.
[15] Όστέον, a bone; Όΐστός, an arrow.