Note 1695 — Chapter IV · VICTOR STATUES REPRESENTED IN MOTION. (continued 2)
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The word μύρμηκες, A. G., XI, 78, may be merely a comic name for the gloves—certain protuberances (“metal studs” or “nails” = Liddell and Scott, s. v. looking like warts (μυρμηκίαι); cf. Pollux, III, 150.