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| Tango01 | 03 Apr 2020 9:52 p.m. PST |
"Detailed diagrams of Zopyros's heavy gastraphetes (γαστραφέτης) by E. W. Marsden: general plan, side-elevation, front-elevation. The gastraphetes was an ancient Hellenic invention that nowadays is usually described as a crossbow. But actually, unlike the Roman and medieval European crossbow which was spanning as a weapon by pulling up the string, the gastraphetes was spanning by pushing down an elaborate slider mechanism. The gastraphetes was a hand-held weapon…"
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