Μῆκος φάλαγγος
phalanx' length
Translated by David Whitehead6 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The first corps [formed] out of the lochagoi,1 which is arranged in a single straight line extending from wing to wing. This is also called a prosopon ["face"] and a metopon ["forehead"] and a stoma ["mouth"] and a parataxis ["marshalling"] and a protolochia ["file-head"] and [the] protostatai ["front-line men"]. The line behind this, positioned in parallel, is called the second rank, and the third the third rank; and so on likewise.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μῆκος φάλαγγος· τὸ πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν λοχαγῶν σύνταγμα, ὃ ὑπὸ μίαν εὐθεῖαν τάσσεται, ἀπὸ κέρατος εἰς κέρας διατεῖνον. καλεῖται δὲ τοῦτο καὶ πρόσωπον καὶ μέτωπον καὶ στόμα καὶ παράταξις καὶ πρωτολοχία καὶ πρωτοστάται. ὁ δὲ κατόπιν τούτου στίχος παράλληλος κείμενος δεύτερον ζυγὸν καλεῖται, καὶ ὁ τρίτος τρίτον ζυγόν· καὶ ἑξῆς ὁμοίως.
Betacode
*mh=kos fa/laggos: to\ prw=ton e)k tw=n loxagw=n su/ntagma, o(\ u(po\ mi/an eu)qei=an ta/ssetai, a)po\ ke/ratos ei)s ke/ras diatei=non. kalei=tai de\ tou=to kai\ pro/swpon kai\ me/twpon kai\ sto/ma kai\ para/tacis kai\ prwtoloxi/a kai\ prwtosta/tai. o( de\ kato/pin tou/tou sti/xos para/llhlos kei/menos deu/teron zugo\n kalei=tai, kai\ o( tri/tos tri/ton zugo/n: kai\ e(ch=s o(moi/ws.
Notes (1)
- cf. Asclepiodotus 2.5.
- 1See lambda 706. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 21 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr — David Whitehead
- supplemented translation, added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead