With a movement unbelievably swift King was there ahead of him; and with another movement not so swift, but much more disconcerting, he threw his sheet as the retiarius used to throw a net in ancient Rome. ❋ Dj Barber (2010)
This was the undersized, unappealing slave I had encountered at Myrrha's house, now dressed up for his execution like a retiarius. ❋ Davis, Lindsey (1998)
In the distance is the retiarius, who must fight Hyppolitus in his turn. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
The old Romans knew how formidable, even in contest with a gladiator equipped with sword, helmet, and shield, was the almost naked _retiarius_ with his net in one hand and his three-pronged javelin in the other. ❋ Various (N/A)
Myrmillo, were usual antagonists, and had their name from the secutor following the retiarius, who eluded the pursuit until he found an opportunity to throw his net to advantage. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
The big gladiator sat still waiting for the _retiarius_ to finish him. ❋ Rupert Hughes (1914)
With a movement unbelievably swift King was there ahead of him; and with another movement not so swift, but much more disconcerting, he threw his sheet as the retiarius used to throw a net in ancient ❋ Talbot Mundy (1909)
Hawksley snatched up the bedclothes and threw them as the ancient retiarius threw his net. ❋ Harold MacGrath (1901)
Besides fighting as a _secutor_ against a _retiarius_ Palus in the same accoutrements fought with men similarly equipped, or accoutred as Greeks, ❋ Edward Lucas White (1900)
When the disappointed _retiarius_ skipped back to the length of his net-cord and retrieved his net by means of it, Palus let him gather it up, never dashed at him, but merely stepped sedately towards him. ❋ Edward Lucas White (1900)
I first saw him fight as a _secutor_, matched against a _retiarius_. ❋ Edward Lucas White (1900)
No _retiarius_ ever netted him, yet the net seldom missed him more than half a hand's breadth. ❋ Edward Lucas White (1900)
Similarly, when Palus entered the arena as a gladiator he never fought in any of those equipments in which gladiators appear bareheaded or with faces exposed: as a _retiarius_, for instance. ❋ Edward Lucas White (1900)
If the _retiarius_ ran away, Palus followed, but never in haste, always at a slow, even walk. ❋ Edward Lucas White (1900)
No other secutor ever killed more than one _retiarius_ without a good rest between the first fight and the second. ❋ Edward Lucas White (1900)
The spectators began to jeer at the baffled _retiarius_, he became flustered, he ventured a bit too near his immobile opponent, Palus made an almost imperceptible movement and the _retiarius_ fell, mortally wounded. ❋ Edward Lucas White (1900)
Murmex and Palus fenced in all sorts of outfits, except that neither ever fought as a _retiarius_. ❋ Edward Lucas White (1900)
It is exciting because the _retiarius_, nude except for one small shoulder-guard and a scanty apron, appears to have no chance whatever against the _secutor_ with his big vizored helmet, his complete body-armor, his kilt of lapped leather straps plated with polished metal scales, his greaves or leg-rings or boots and his full-length, curved shield and Spanish sword. ❋ Edward Lucas White (1900)
On the upper seats half the signs were for death, and half for mercy; but the retiarius looked only at the box of ❋ Henryk Sienkiewicz (1881)
The arm of the retiarius was covered on a sudden with blood, and his net dropped. ❋ Henryk Sienkiewicz (1881)
