[482]. Jahrb. 1886, Pl. ix. Cp. Dr. Hauser in Jahrb. 1887 and 1895; M. A. de Ridder in B.C.H., 1897; criticisms on the same in J.H.S. l.c.
[483]. Bull. Nap. nouv. sér. vi. 7; J.H.S. l.c. p. 270, Fig. 1.
[484]. The passages relating to the ὕσπληξ are collected by me in J.H.S. xxiii. p. 263. To these may be added, Bekker, Anecd. 220, 31 βαλβίς. Ξῦλα δύο τῶν δρομέων ἀφ’ ὧν σχοινίον τί διατέταται, ὃ καλεῖται βαλβίς, ἵνα ἐνεῦθεν ἐκδράμωσιν οἱ ἀγωνιζόμενοι; Fränckel, Antiq. Pergam. viii. 1, p. 8, 10, epigram on the victory of Attalus in the chariot-race; Schol. to Aristoph. Eq. 1159 βαλβίς· ἡ ὑπὸ τὴν ὕσπληγα γενομένη γράμμη.
[485]. Lysist. 1000.
[486]. Ditt. Syll. 2nd Ed., 688; Ἐφ. Ἀρχ., 1884, 169.
[487]. Lycophron 13 βαλβῖδα μηρίνθου σχάσας.
[488]. J.H.S. l.c. p. 264.
[489]. Anth. Pal. ix. 557.
[490]. Schol. to Aristoph. Eq. 1159 βαλβὶς δὲ καλεῖται τὸ ἐν τῇ ἄρχῃ τοῦ δρόμου κείμενον ἐγκαρσίως ξῦλον, ὃ καὶ ἀφετήριον καλεῖται, ὅπερ μετὰ τὸ ἐτοιμασθῆναι τοὺς δρομέας εἰς τὸ δραμεῖν ἀφαιρούμενοι ἀφίεσαν τρέχειν.
[491]. This is the method for drawing the ties for wrestling and boxing described by Lucian, Hermotim, 40.