A.bent backward, i.e. the opposite way to that in which they were drawn, τόξα, in Hom. of the bow whether strung, Il.8.266, cf. 15.443; or unstrung, 10.459, Od.21.11, cf. S.Tr.511 (lyr.); “Ἀράβιοι τόξα π. εἶχον μακρά” Hdt. 7.69; “Σκυθικὰ π. βέλη” A.Ch.161 (lyr.).
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