Polybius, Histories

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Book 21 - Chapter 9

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="%2Adiofa%2Fnhs">Διοφάνης</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="%2Amegalopoli%2Fths">Μεγαλοπολίτης</w> <w lemma="mega%2Flhn">μεγάλην</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fcin">ἕξιν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxen">εἶχεν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polemikoi%3Ds">πολεμικοῖς</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="poluxroni%2Fou">πολυχρονίου</w> <w lemma="gegono%2Ftos">γεγονότος</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Ana%2Fbin">Νάβιν</w> <w lemma="pole%2Fmou">πολέμου</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Amegalopoli%2Ftais">Μεγαλοπολίταις</w> <w lemma="a%29stugei%2Ftonos">ἀστυγείτονος</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fnta">πάντα</w> <w lemma="sunexw%3Ds">συνεχῶς</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="xro%2Fnon">χρόνον</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Afilopoi%2Fmena">Φιλοποίμενα</w> <w lemma="tetagme%2Fnos">τεταγμένος</w> <w lemma="tribh%5Cn">τριβὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29sxhke%2Fnai">ἐσχηκέναι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frgwn">ἔργων</w> <w lemma="a%29lhqinh%2Fn">ἀληθινήν</w>.
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<w lemma="xwri%2Fs">χωρίς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29pifa%2Fneian">ἐπιφάνειαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="swmatikh%5Cn">σωματικὴν</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fan">χρείαν</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnos">προειρημένος</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%5Cr">ἀνὴρ</w> <w lemma="dunato%5Cs">δυνατὸς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kataplhktiko%2Fs">καταπληκτικός</w>.
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<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kuriw%2Ftaton">κυριώτατον</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="u%28ph%3Drxen">ὑπῆρχεν</w> <w lemma="a%29nh%5Cr">ἀνὴρ</w> <w lemma="a%29gaqo%5Cs">ἀγαθὸς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fplois">ὅπλοις</w> <w lemma="e%29xrh%3Dto">ἐχρῆτο</w> <w lemma="diafero%2Fntws">διαφερόντως</w>. —
<head>Diophanes of Megalopolis</head>Diophanes of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Megalopolis&groupId=745&placeId=1360">Megalopolis</a> had had great practice in war, because during the long war against Nabis, which was waged in the immediate vicinity of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Megalopolis&groupId=745&placeId=1360">Megalopolis</a>, he had constantly served under Philopoemen and thus acquired actual experience in the methods of warfare.
Add to this that the man I am speaking of was both in personal appearance and in personal combat very powerful and redoubtable.
And, most importantly of all, he was a gallant man-at-arms and exceptionally skilled in their use.