Rhopalon

Rhopalon: Heracles statue with club, gilded bronze, Roman work, 2nd century BC BC, Conservator's Palace

Rhopalon ( Gr. Ῥόπαλον) referred to a club in the ancient Greek language. This could consist of both wood (Greek ῥόπαλον ξύλων = wooden club ) and iron (Greek ῥόπαλον παγχάλκεον = mace ). In particular, Heracles ' club , which he carved himself, was called the rhopalone. Later, images and sculptures of Heracles were also called Rhopals.

See also

• Rhopalos (son of Heracles)
• Rhopalidae, a family of bed bugs , see glass wing bugs

literature

• Adolf Kaegi , Benseler's Greek-German school dictionary , 13th edition, 1911, Leipzig and Berlin, BG Teubner.