Note 140 — BOOK XI.
William Robson translation
Gibbon calls this an osier basket; Michaud says, un lit d’osier, which I have preferred. I can imagine Hercules sitting upon a bed or mattress of osier, but not upon a basket.—Trans.
William Robson translation
Gibbon calls this an osier basket; Michaud says, un lit d’osier, which I have preferred. I can imagine Hercules sitting upon a bed or mattress of osier, but not upon a basket.—Trans.