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αἱ δὲ πεζικαί τε καὶ ἱππικαὶ τάξεις καὶ ὁπλίσεις
πολυειδεῖς τε καὶ πολύτροποί εἰσιν. αὐτίκα τῶν πεζῶν
ἡ ὅπλισις, ὥς γε δὴ ἐς τὰ ἀνωτάτω τεμεῖν, τριχῆ νενέμηται,
ἔς τε τὸ ὁπλιτικὸν καὶ ἐς τὸ ψιλὸν καὶ ἐς τὸ πελταστικόν.
τὸ μὲν δὴ βαρύτατον τὸ ὁπλιτικὸν θώρακας
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ἔχει καὶ ἀσπίδας ἢ θυρεοὺς παραμήκεις καὶ μαχαίρας
καὶ δόρατα, ὡς Ἕλληνες, ἢ σαρίσας, ὡς Μακεδόνες.
τὸ δὲ ψιλὸν ἐναντιώτατα ἔχει τῷ ὁπλιτικῷ πάντα,
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ὅτιπερ
ἄνευ θώρακος καὶ ἀσπίδος καὶ κνημῖδος καὶ κράνους
ἑκηβόλοις ἐστὶν ὅπλοις διαχρώμενον, τοξεύμασιν ἢ ἀκοντίοις
ἢ σφενδόναις ἢ λίθοις ἐκ χειρός.
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τὸ πελταστικόν δὲ
κουφότερον μὲν τυγχάνει ὂν τοῦ ὁπλιτικοῦ — ἡ γὰρ πέλτη
σμικροτέρα τῆς ἀσπίδος καὶ ἐλαφροτέρα, καὶ τὰ ἀκόντια
τῶν δοράτων καὶ τῶν σαρισῶν λειπόμενα —, βαρύτερον
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δὲ τοῦ ψιλοῦ τῷ δὲ ἀκριβεῖ καὶ βαρεῖ ὁπλιτικῷ
καὶ κράνη πρόσκειται, ἢ πῖλοι Λακωνικοὶ ἢ Ἀρκαδικοί,
καὶ κνημῖδες, ὡς τοῖς πάλαι Ἕλλησιν, ἢ ὡς Ῥωμαίοις
κνημὶς μία πρὸ τῆς κνήμης τῆς ἐν ταῖς μάχαις προβαλλομένης, καὶ θώρακες, οἳ μὲν φολιδωτοί, οἳ δὲ ἁλύσεσι
λεπταῖς σιδηραῖς ἐπηλλαγμένοι.
Arriani Nicomediensis Scripta Minora. Arrian. Rudolf Hercher. Alfred Eberhard. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Keyboarding.
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