PHĂRETRA

( φαρέτρα ), a quiver, was principally made of hide or leather, and was adorned with gold, painting, and braiding. It had a lid ( πῶμα ), and was suspended from the right shoulder by a belt pa ing over the breast and behind the back. Its most common position was on the left hip, and is so seen in the annexed figures, the right-hand one representing an Amazon, and the left-hand an Asiatic archer. IMG:6459379820872971714_ill292.jpg: Pharetrae, Quivers. (Left-hand figure from the Aeginetan Marbles; right-hand figure from a Greek Vase.)