Arrian
Book 38
§1 ἐπελάσαντες ἐν τάξει αὖ ἵστανται ἐπὶ δεξιᾷ τοῦ βήματος, καθάπερ οἱ ἄλλοι ἐν ἀριστερᾷ, καὶ οἱ δύο ἱππῆς διέχοντες ἀπὸ τοῦ κέρως τῆς προβολῆς τὸ ἴσον ἵστανται, καὶ αὖ οἱ μεταξὺ αὐτοῖν τε τούτοιν καὶ τῆς πάσης τάξεως ἐκθέοντες ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ἐξακοντίζουσιν ἐς τοὺς παριππεύοντας. ἔνθα δὴ ὅ τι περ κράτιστον τῶν ἱππέων ἐς τόνδε τὸν ἀκροβολισμὸν ἐπιλέγονται.
§2 οἱ μέν γε ἀπὸ τῶν δεξιῶν [τοῦ βήματος] ἀρχόμενοι οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἢ τὸ συνεχὲς τῆς ἀκροβολίσεως καὶ τὸ ἐπάλληλον τοῦ κτύπου παρέχονται· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄλλου τινὸς θέαν παρέχουσι τοῖς ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος ὁρῶσιν, ἅτε ἀποστρόφου ἀπʼ αὐτῶν τῆς δεξιᾶς τῶν ἱππέων ἐν τῇ τοιᾷδε ἐπελάσει γιγνομένης.
§3 ὁπότε δὲ ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν ἐπελαύνοιεν, τότε δὴ πᾶς ὁ ἀκροβολισμὸς ἀρίδηλος γίγνεται, καὶ τῶν θυρεῶν ἡ προβολή, καὶ ἡ ἐκ τῆς ἀριστερᾶς χειρὸς ἐς τὴν δεξιὰν ὕφεσις τῶν ἀκοντίων ὀξεῖα, καὶ ἡ δεξιὰ ὅπως αὐτὰ ὑπολαβοῦσα καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς κεφαλῆς περιενεγκοῦσα ὥσπερ ἐν τροχοῦ περιδινήσει ὁμοῦ μὲν ἐξηκόντισεν, ὁμοῦ δὲ ὑπέλαβεν τὸ λειφθέν, καὶ τοῦτο αὖ ὑπερενεγκοῦσα ἐξηκόντισεν. ἥ τε καθέδρα ἡ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἵππου αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἱππέως ἀεὶ εὐσχήμων καὶ ὀρθὴ ἐν τῷ ἀκροβολισμῷ σῴζεται, καὶ ταύτῃ μᾶλλον, ὅτι ἐπελαυνόντων ὁρᾶται καὶ τῶν ὅπλων ἡ λαμπρότης καὶ τῶν ἵππων ἡ ὠκύτης τε καὶ τὸ ἐν ταῖς ἐπιστροφαῖς εὐκαμπές καὶ ὅπως ἐν ἴσοις τοῖς διαστήμασιν αἱ ἐπελάσεις γίγνονται τῶν ἱππέων.
§4 αἱ μέν γε ἐπὶ μέγα διαλιποῦσαι αὐτῷ τούτῳ τὸ συνεχὲς τοῦ ἀκροβολισμοῦ ἀφανίζουσιν, αἱ δὲ ἄγαν ἐπάλληλοι τῇ ἀκριβείᾳ τῆς θεωρίας ἐμποδὼν ἵστανται τὸ δίκαιον αὐτῆς ἀφαιρούμεναι· τόν τε γὰρ ἀγαθὸν ἱππέα ἐγγὺς αὐτῷ ἐπελαύνων ὁ κακὸς ἤδη ἠφάνισεν, καὶ τοῦ κακοῦ ἄλλος αὖ ἀγαθὸς εὐσχημόνως ἐπιφερόμενος τὴν ἀπρέπειαν συνεσκίασεν.
§5 ἀλλὰ χρὴ τοῦ συνεχοῦς σῳζομένου τόν τε ἔπαινον τῷ ἀγαθῷ σῷον εἶναι καὶ πρέποντα, καὶ τῷ κακῷ τὸ ὀφειλόμενον ὄνειδος ἀποδίδοσθαι.
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Hercher 1885
Teubner
Hercher & Eberhard, Teubner, 1885 · 1885
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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 His output was prodigious, and while some of his editions have been superseded, many remain the most recent critical text available for minor Greek prose authors.

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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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