APE´NE
APE´NE (
ἀπήνη), a
carriage with four wheels (
τετράκυκλος ἀπήνη,
Hom. Il. 24.324), generally drawn by mules
(
Hom. Il. l.c.; Od. 6.72;
Paus. 5.9.2; Schol.
ad
Pind. O. 5.6), though Sophocles (
O.
T. 802) speaks of an
ἀπήνη
πωλική. (Hermann,
Griech. Ant. iv.3 p. 483.) [
CURRUS]
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J.H.O]