Ἀναδρομαί
retreats, returns
Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Mar 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] ways back.1
"'Let there be a return, and we are not overthrown'. It is necessary always to have this verse at the ready. Lucius the Roman did not do this and suffered a huge downfall. Thus the greatest of efforts, if they are conducted with poor judgement, take little to be overthrown. Sufficient signs of such things to those who understand well are both the force of Pyrrhus the king of the Epeirotes and his invasion into Argos [Myth, Place] and the expedition of Lysimachus through Thrace against Dromichaites the king of the Odryssians; also many other [situations] like these."2
"'Let there be a return, and we are not overthrown'. It is necessary always to have this verse at the ready. Lucius the Roman did not do this and suffered a huge downfall. Thus the greatest of efforts, if they are conducted with poor judgement, take little to be overthrown. Sufficient signs of such things to those who understand well are both the force of Pyrrhus the king of the Epeirotes and his invasion into Argos [Myth, Place] and the expedition of Lysimachus through Thrace against Dromichaites the king of the Odryssians; also many other [situations] like these."2