- The
oxybeles (Gr****: οξυβελής) was a
weapon used by the
Ancient Gr****s
starting in 375 BC. The word is
derived from
Ancient Gr****: οξύς (oxys = sharp,...
-
early ballistae in
Ancient Greece were
developed from two
weapons called oxybeles and gastraphetes. The
gastraphetes ('belly-bow') was a
handheld crossbow...
- its
power from
twisted sinew-bundles.
However the
earlier and
similar oxybeles emplo**** a
tension crosbow mechanism,
before it was
abandoned in favor...
- by
Heron of
Alexandria in his book Belopoeica. A
crossbow machine, the
oxybeles was in use from 375 BC to
around 340 BC, when the
torsion principle replaced...
- (Bl****er, 1851)
Fierasfer homei (Richardson, 1846)
Fierasfer neglectum Peters, 1855
Oxybeles brandesii Bl****er, 1851
Oxybeles homei Richardson, 1846...
-
siege engine Crew-served arrow-throwers
Ballista Carroballista Catapulta Oxybeles Oyumi Polybolos Scorpio Crew-served stone-throwers
Catapult Lithobolos...
-
involved some kind of prop. A
larger version of the
gastraphetes were the
oxybeles,
which were used in
siege warfare.
These were
later supplanted by the early...
- projectiles. It is
usually considered to be
stronger than the catapult.
Oxybeles 375 BC
Greece An
oversized gastraphetes, a
composite bow
placed on a stand...
- and some
vague references by Vegetius. A
mounted crossbow machine, the
oxybeles was in use from 375 BC to
around 340 BC
before the
torsion principle replaced...
- (Gr****) Hu Dun Pao
trebuchet (Chinese)
Mangonel (Chinese)
Onager (Roman)
Oxybeles,
oxyvelis ballista (Gr****)
Palintonon catapult (Gr****) Polybolos, polyvolos...
