Ἡράκλειος
Herakleios, Heraclius
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Sep 2006Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
became a general in the reign of Zeno.1 [He was] a man to take risks and to make attempts readily on the enemy; but he did not have forethought in danger, nor did he take counsel before rushing towards what he strove to accomplish, but without consideration he proceeded to action and reckoned awesome forcefulness as the part of a man. This especially caused his downfall later on.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡράκλειος, στρατηγὸς γεγονὼς ἐπὶ Ζήνωνος, οἷος μὲν τολμῆσαι καὶ πρόθυμος ἐγχειρεῖν ἐς πολέμους ἑτοίμως, οὐ μέντοι τὸ προμηθὲς εἶχεν ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις, οὐδὲ βουλὴν πρότερον ποιησάμενος ὥρμα πρὸς ὃ ἔσπευδε πράττειν, ἀλλ' ἔξω τοῦ λογισμοῦ πρὸς τὰ ἔργα ἐχώρει καὶ τὸ ἐμπλήκτως ὀξὺ ἐν ἀνδρὸς μοίρᾳ ἐτίθετο. ὅπερ δὴ καὶ μάλιστα αὐτὸν ὕστερον ἔσφηλεν.