{"url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/descriptions/2132/?format=json","language":{"code":"eng","iso_name":"English","url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/languages/eng/?format=json"},"created_at":"2024-04-07T14:23:56.558160Z","updated_at":"2024-04-07T14:23:56.558160Z","description":"In what appears to be a development of the motif of the gratitude for the shield (originating from dedicatory epigrams: see internal references, particularly 6.141, 6.124, 6.125), the weapon is seen transcending its role in warfare to include its use as an emergency raft after a shipwreck, an anecdotal curiosity that inspires later authors. See also 9.41, 9.42."}