Notes on a Stratagem of Iphicrates in Polyaenus and Leo Tactica

• Authors: Everett L. Wheeler
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Proper understanding of Iphicrates’ stratagem at Polyaenus 3.9.38, marred by a lacuna, can be derived from Leo Tact. 20.196, where anchoring a fleet off a harborless coastline is described. Emending Polyaenus’ text from the reading of a later MS also clarifies the anecdote’s meaning. Leo knew the full text of Polyaenus, since Polyaenus 3.9.38 does not occur in the abbreviated Excepta Polyaeni, which some recently suggest replaced the Strategica in Byzantine use of Polyaenus.

Keywords

EN

Iphicrates; Polyaenus; Leo; Strategica

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Electrum
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 19
• Pages: 157–163

Dates

online

2013-01-22

Contributors

author

Everett L. Wheeler

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20843909EL.12.010.0751