Note 370 — LIFE OF POMPEIUS. (continued 2)
George Long translation
τὸν φοινικοῦν χιτῶνα. Shakspere has employed this in his Julius Cæsar, Act V. Sc. 1:
"Their bloody sign of battle is hung out."
Plutarch means the Vexillum. He has expressed by his word (προθεῖναι) the 'propono' of Cæsar (Bell. Gall. ii. 20; Bell. Hispan. c. 28, Bell. Alexandr. c. 45). The 'hung out' is a better translation than 'unfurled.'