Lagobolon
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A lagobolon (Ancient Greek: λαγωβόλον or λαγωοβόλον)[1] is a weapon which was used in Ancient Greece for hunting hares[2][3] or birds.[4]
Description
[edit]In ancient depictions the lagobolon is usually a short staff or stick with a bend in it, suitable for throwing,[5][6] similar to a boomerang.[2] It is described as being used for hunting[2] as well as herding.[7]
According to scholar John Anderson, the lagobolon originated in Magna Graecia, the Greek-speaking region of southern Italy.[2]
Symbolism
[edit]According to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a lagobola was the symbol of the founding of Rome. He says that Romulus used a lagobola to mark out the areas for taking omens before the founding of the city.[8]
Gallery
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A coin depicting Pan bearing a lagobolon
A horseman with lagobolon
A drawing depicting a lagobolon next to a man
A medallion depicting a lagobolon
Coing depicting a lagobolon
Centaur with a lagobolon
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, λα^γώβολ-ον". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 Nefëdkin, Aleksandr Konstantinovič (2009). "Lagobolon : a hunting weapon of the ancient Greeks depicted on Pharsalian coins of the fourth century BC". Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "ΛΑΓΩΒΟΛΟΝ – ΕΝΑ ΙΔΙΟΜΟΡΦΟ ΚΥΝΗΓΕΤΙΚΟ ΟΠΛΟ". 1 December 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ↑ Olson, Douglas (2023). "PHILOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE LETTER LAMBDA IN A NEW GREEK-ENGLISH DICTIONARY" (PDF). Hyperboreus 29: 1 (2023), DOI: 10.25990/hyperboreus.9kfd-7752 Hyperboreus 29: 1 (2023): 149. Archived from the original on 2025-03-18. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Steer, Francis W. (1965). "Further Notes on Shepherd's Staves" (PDF). The Agricultural History Review. XIII (1): 47–49. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ [ The Agricultural History Review, volume xiii, 1965, p. 47]
- ↑ "Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, κα^λαῦροψ". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 14.2.2 - English
External links
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Media related to Lagobola at Wikimedia Commons