Polybius, Histories

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Book 30 - Chapter 14

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="yuxh%3Ds">ψυχῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29stin">ἐστιν</w> <w lemma="a%29gw%3Dna%2Fs">ἀγῶνάς</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="diati%2Fqesqai">διατίθεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kalw%3Ds">καλῶς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="paraskeuh%5Cn">παρασκευὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="po%2Fton">πότον</w> <w lemma="megalomerh%3D">μεγαλομερῆ</w> <w lemma="xeiri%2Fsai">χειρίσαι</w> <w lemma="deo%2Fntws">δεόντως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parata%2Fcasqai">παρατάξασθαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fois">πολεμίοις</w> <w lemma="strathgikw%3Ds">στρατηγικῶς</w>. —
<head>A Saying of Aemilius</head>A man with a mind capable of making good arrangements for games, and managing properly a sumptuous entertainment and banquet is likewise capable of marshalling his troops to meet the enemy with the skill of a general.