(Lock: κλεῖθρον/kleîthron or κλεῖστρον/kleîstron, βαλανάγρα/balanágra; cf. Lat. claustrum/claustra; bolt: μοχλός/mochlós; key: κλεῖς/kleîs, κλειδίον/kleidíon; Lat. clavis). Apart from the bolting of a door or gate by means of a beam, a system was employed in Greek/Roman antiquity that had already been described in Hom. Od. 21,6f.; 46-50 and was still in use in Roman times: a bolt provided with projections wa…
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Hurschmann, Rolf (Hamburg) and
Pingel, Volker (Bochum),
“Lock, Key”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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