Histories

The Arabians wore mantles girded up, and carried at their right side long bows curving backwards.[*](That is, the ends of the bow when unstrung curved upwards, against the natural curve of the whole; which would of course increase its power.) The Ethiopians were wrapped in skins of leopards and lions, and carried bows made of palmwood strips, no less than four cubits long, and short arrows pointed not with iron but with a sharpened stone that they use to carve seals; furthermore, they had spears pointed with a gazelle's horn sharpened like a lance, and also studded clubs.