20180120 Iliad 24. 265-270

ὣς ἔφαθ᾽, οἳ δ᾽ ἄρα πατρὸς ὑποδείσαντες ὁμοκλὴν

ἐκ μὲν ἄμαξαν ἄειραν ἐΰτροχον ἡμιονείην

καλὴν πρωτοπαγέα, πείρινθα δὲ δῆσαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς,

κὰδ δ᾽ ἀπὸ πασσαλόφι ζυγὸν ᾕρεον ἡμιόνειον

πύξινον ὀμφαλόεν εὖ οἰήκεσσιν ἀρηρός:

ἐκ δ᾽ ἔφερον ζυγόδεσμον ἅμα ζυγῷ ἐννεάπηχυ.

So he spoke, and they, seized with fear of their father’s rebuke, brought out the light-running mule wagon, fair and newly made, and bound on it the wicker box; and down from its peg they took the mule yoke, a boxwood yoke with a knob on it, well fitted with guiding rings; and they brought out the yoke band of nine cubits, and with it the yoke.

Priam的小孩阻止父親不成，立即幫父親準備「騾車」(ἡμιονείην)，這一部騾車是新制的、也很美觀，用這部騾車運用贖金與禮物給Achilles，才顯得氣派與誠意。荷馬史詩出現「騾車」三次左右 (Od. 6.72, Iliad 24.189，Iliad 24.266)，也說明古希臘已經使用騾當交通運輸工具。

   這一段詳細記載這部「騾車」(ἡμιονείην)的設備：有一個柳條箱(πείρινθα)，應該是用來裝物品。此外有車軛(ζυγὸν)，以木樁(πασσαλόφι)固定；此外在軛的上面有把手(ὀμφαλόεν)，捆著長9單位(ἐννεάπηχυ)長的軛帶。

下圖與文字出處: http://mulography.co.uk/?p=1017

Mules pulling a cisium.