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[7] πολλαῖς δ᾽ αὐτῶν χεῖρες προσήρτηντο πυρφόροι στυππία πολλῇ πίττῃ λελιπασμένα περὶ αὑτὰς ἔχουσαι, προεκκείμεναι τῶν ἁμαξῶν, αἷς ἔμελλον ἑστηκότες ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν τινες, ὅτε πλησίον γένοιντο τῶν θηρίων, πλήσαντες πυρὸς ἐπὶ τὰς προβοσκίδας αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα τὰς πληγὰς φέρειν. ἐφεστήκεσαν δὲ ταῖς ἁμάξαις τετρακύκλοις ὑπαρχούσαις καὶ τῶν ψιλῶν συχνοὶ τοξόται καὶ χερμάται καὶ τριβόλων σιδηρῶν σφενδονῆται καὶ παρ᾽ αὐτὰς κάτωθεν ἔτι πλείους ἕτεροι.
Dionysii Halicarnasei Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Keyboarding.
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