they disguised and equipped the most physically suitable of their women to make
them look as much as possible like men, giving them jugs and similar bronze
utensils in place of shields and helmets, and promenading them on the side of the
wall where they were in fullest view of the enemy.
(Aeneas Tacticus 40.4, trans. Whitehead 1990, quoted in The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare)
Again, no original language here. My apologies. I do not know where to find the original for this one.
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