Ὁμοιόστομος
same-fronted
Translated by David Whitehead10 Jan 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
A [same-fronted] double-phalanx in a march is the one which has the leaders of each phalanx drawn up from the same parts, i.e. from the right or the left [sc. parts] of each phalanx.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁμοιόστομος ἐν πορείᾳ διφαλαγγία ἐστιν, ἥτις τοὺς ἡγεμόνας ἑκατέρας τῆς φάλαγγος ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν μερῶν τεταγμένους οἷον ἐκ δεξιῶν ἢ ἐξ εὐωνύμων ἑκατέρας φάλαγγος ἔχει.
Betacode
*(omoio/stomos e)n porei/a| difalaggi/a e)stin, h(/tis tou\s h(gemo/nas e(kate/ras th=s fa/laggos e)k tw=n au)tw=n merw=n tetagme/nous oi(=on e)k deciw=n h)\ e)c eu)wnu/mwn e(kate/ras fa/laggos e)/xei.
Notes
- Same material in the tactici: Asclepiodotus 10.22, 11.3-4; Aelian, Tact. 37.5; Arrian, Tact. 29.4.
The glossary in the Loeb edition of Asclepiodotus etc., by the Illinois Greek Club, clarifies the phraseporei/a o(moio/stomos as follows: 'when the divisions of an army march in parallel formation, with the front-line men on the same side (xi.3); or in column, with the same disposition (xi. 4)'.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Jun 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- typo — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead