Note 2619 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
John Bostock translation
From this passage we learn that the “tympana,” or hand-drums of the ancients, were often of a semiglobular shape, like the kettle-drums of the present day.
John Bostock translation
From this passage we learn that the “tympana,” or hand-drums of the ancients, were often of a semiglobular shape, like the kettle-drums of the present day.