English: Podostrabe (also perhaps Podostrabae), a deer snare used in ancient Greece: "These traps, then, which were called podostrabæ, i.e. literally, "nooses for the feet," consisted of a circular crown of yew twigs, twisted strongly together. In this were fixed several spikes of tough yew-wood and iron alter­nately, the latter being the larger; these spikes probably radiated towards the centre of the circle, but we have no accurate information on this point. We are not told what was the ordinary diameter of these circular crowns of yew-wood, but I appre­hend it was about two feet. The spikes were equi­distant, and so arranged that they permitted the foot of the animal to pass between them, and then closed upon the leg. To the periphery of the podostrabe a strong noose, or eye, of twisted hemp was firmly attached, to which again was fastened a rope of the same material, bearing at its other end a clog of oak timber, perhaps about 22 inches long and 4 inches broad, with the bark still adhering to it". Published in the book Nature and Art Vol.I, page 67, published 1866 Day & Son, Ltd, London, scanned by Google Book. Artist is the article author, Reverend William Houghton (1828-1895)