Ἄγημα

division, guard, force, troop

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[Meaning] the king's advancing force of elephants and horses and infantry. But some [sc. say that this term means] the best part of the Macedonian battle array;¹ strong in weaponry and in the conditioning of their bodies.²

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Ἄγημα· τὸ προϊὸν τοῦ βασιλέως τάγμα ἐλεφάντων καὶ ἵππων καὶ πεζῶν. οἱ δὲ τὸ ἄριστον τῆς Μακεδονικῆς συντάξεως· κραταιὸν ὁπλίσει καὶ σωμάτων εὐεξίᾳ.

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Ἄγημα · division, guard, force, troop (α 219) · Suda

*)/aghma: to\ proi+o\n tou= basile/ws ta/gma e)lefa/ntwn kai\ i(/ppwn kai\ pezw=n. oi( de\ to\ a)/riston th=s *makedonikh=s sunta/cews: krataio\n o(pli/sei kai\ swma/twn eu)eci/a|.

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