Note 346 — Chapter VIII · THE TWO PLINYS—MARTIAL—WAS THE ROD JOINTED?
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Possibly in the time of Aristophanes,
πᾶς τις ἐφ’ ὑμῖν ὀρνιθευτὴς ἵστησι βρόχους, παγίδας, ῥάβδους, κ.τ.λ. Aves, 526 f.
In the seventh century b.c. the Chinese mention the Ch’ih Kan or the “glutinous line for catching birds.” Cf. Apuleius, Met., XI. 8.