In the following passage from Homer's Iliad (circa eighth-seventh centuries B.C.E.), King Priam of Troy is preparing to take a wagonload of riches to Achilles. The Greek warrior had killed his son, Hector, and Priam hopes to ransom Hector's body from Achilles so that he and the Trojans can give him a proper funeral. After berating his remaining sons, Priam commands them to get the wagon ready. The "carrying basket" is the wickerwork siding attached to the wagon platform. The wagon has a single pole that runs between two mules. On the yoke is a ring which the "peg" (the end of the pole) slips into. The voke is then lashed in place by leather thongs ("yoke lashing") that are wrapped around the pole and around a knob on the yoke. Unmentined here are the parts of the yoke...