Book 1
§1 Πύρρου παῖς καὶ Κλέαρχος, οὐχ τῶν μυρίων Ἑλλήνων ἐπὶ βασιλέα ἡγησάμενος, ἀλλʼ ἄλλος οὗτος Κλέαρχος. καὶ μὴν καὶ Παυσανίου ἐστὶ συγράμματα ὑπὲρ τούτων, εὕροις δʼ ἂν καὶ Εὐαγγέλου ἄττα καὶ Πολυβίου τοῦ Ἀρκάδος, ὃς καὶ Σκηπίωνι τῷ Ῥωμαίῳ συνεγένετο, πολλοὺς καὶ μεγάλους πολέμους διαπολεμοῦντι ἄλλους τε καὶ ἐν Καρχηδόνα τὴν ἐν Λιβύῃ εἷλέν τε καὶ ἠνδραπόδισεν. συγγέγραπται δὲ ἄττα ὑπὲρ τούτων καὶ Εὐπολέμῳ καὶ Ἰφικράτει, οὐ τῷ Ἀθηναίων στρατηγῷ, ἀλλʼ ἄλλῳ τούτῳ. Ποσειδώνιος δὲ Ῥόδιος καὶ τέχνην τινὰ τακτικὴν συγγράψας κατέλιπεν.
§2 ἔστι δὲ σύμπαντα ταῦτα τὰ συγγράμματα ἐκείνῃ μάλιστα οὐκ ὠφέλιμα, ὅτι ὡς πρὸς εἰδότας συγγέγραπται. καὶ τοίνυν τὰ ὀνόματα τῆς τε ὁπλίσεως ἑκάστης καὶ τῆς τάξεως οἳ μὲν ὡς γνώριμα ἀνέγραψαν, τὰ δέ ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ἐξηγήσαιο πάντη ἄγνωστα.
§3 τοῦτο δὲ αὐτὸ ἔδοξέ μοι πρῶτον ἰάσασθαι αὐτῶν τὴν ἀσάφειαν.
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Hercher 1885
Teubner
Hercher & Eberhard, Teubner, 1885 · 1885
The Editor

Rudolf Hercher (1821–1878) was a German classical scholar who edited a wide range of Greek prose texts for the Teubner series, including the Greek epistolographers and several volumes of Greek historians. His output was prodigious, and while some of his editions have been superseded, many remain the most recent critical text available for minor Greek prose authors.

About This Edition

Hercher's Teubner editions, produced during the mid-19th century, provide critical texts of Greek prose authors — many of whom have received little editorial attention since. The editions are characterised by a thorough apparatus criticus and occasionally bold emendation. For many of the texts Hercher edited, no more recent critical edition exists.

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