[119] Ville-Hardouin, La Conquête de Constantinople, ed. Bouchon, 1891, p. 111.
[120] See p. 14.
[121] Οἴονται δέ τινες καὶ τηλεβόλους καὶ τηλεβολίσκους ὑπὸ Γερμανῶν ἀρχὴν αποδεδειγμένους κ.τ.λ. Chalcocondyles, Corp. Script. Hist. Byzant., ed. Niehbuhr, Bonn, 1843, l. ii. p. 72.
The tradition was widespread. Ariosto (1474-1533) says:—
“La macchina infernal ...
Prima portata fu tra gli Alamanni.”
—Orlando Furioso, xi. 23.
[122] Δεινὸν γάρ τοι ὁ τηλεβολίσκος καὶ οὐδὲν τῶν ὅπλων ἀντέχει ὥστε μὴ διαχωρεῖν διὰ πάντων καθικνούμενος. Ib., l. vii. p. 346.
[123] Herodotus, viii. 52, in his description of the taking of Athens during the invasion of Xerxes, 480 B.C.
[124] Μετὰ βροντῆς καὶ καπνοῦ. Leo’s “Tactics,” xix. 51. See p. 38, and Jähns, 515.