[364] Attollat bracchia imitated from Il. 23. 660, πὺξ μάλ᾽ ἀνασχομένω πεπληγέμεν. In Hom. we only hear of one of the candidates having his hands bound with thongs of leather (v. 684). For the different kinds of ‘caestus’ see Dict. A. s. v.
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