Book 8
§1 τὸ δὲ σύμπαν σύνταγμα τοῦ πλήθους φάλαγξ ὀνομάζεται· ἧς μῆκος μὲν τὸ πρῶτον ἂν εἴη ἐκ τῶν λοχαγῶν σύνταγμα, ὅπερ καὶ μέτωπον ἤδη τινὲς ὀνομάζουσιν, ἔστιν δὲ οἳ πρόσωπον καὶ ζυγόν, καὶ στόμα δὲ ἄλλοι ταὐτὸ τοῦτο, καὶ πρωτολοχίαν ἄλλοι.
§2 τὸ δὲ κατόπιν τοῦ μετώπου ἅπαν ἔστε ἐπὶ τοὺς οὐραγούς, βάθος ὀνομάζεται. καὶ τὸ μὲν κατὰ μῆκος ἐπʼ εὐθείας εἶναι τοὺς πρωτοστάτας τοῖς πρωτοστάταις καὶ τοὺς ἐπιστάτας τοῖς ἐπιστάταις συζυγεῖν καλοῦσι, στοιχεῖν δὲ τὸ κατὰ βάθος ἐπʼ εὐθείας εἶναι τοὺς οὐραγοὺς καὶ λοχαγούς. τέμνεται δὲ φάλαγξ ἐς μέρη τὰ μέγιστα δύο,
§3 δίχα διαιρουμένου τοῦ παντὸς μετώπου ἔστε ἐπὶ τὸ πᾶν βάθος. καὶ τούτου τὸ μὲν ἥμισυ τὸ ἐν δεξιᾷ δεξιὸν καλεῖται κέρας καὶ κεφαλή· τὸ δʼ ἐν ἀριστερᾷ εὐώνυμον κέρας καὶ οὐρά.
§4 ἵνα δὲ διχοτομία γίγνεται τοῦ μήκους, ὀμφαλὸς ὀνομάζεται καὶ στόμα καὶ ἀραρός. ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς ὁπλίταις τὸ πολὺ οἱ ψιλοὶ τάσσονται,
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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 His output was prodigious, and while some of his editions have been superseded, many remain the most recent critical text available for minor Greek prose authors.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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