<w lemma="%2A%28%5Co">Ὃ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgein">λέγειν</w> <w lemma="bou%2Flomai">βούλομαι</w>, <w lemma="ge%2Fnoit%27">γένοιτ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftw">οὕτω</w> <w lemma="ma%2Flista">μάλιστα</w> <w lemma="katafane%2Fs">καταφανές</w>.
<w lemma="e%29chgou%2Fmenos">ἐξηγούμενος</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="proeirhme%2Fnos">προειρημένος</w> <w lemma="suggrafeu%5Cs">συγγραφεὺς</w> <w lemma="th%2Fn">τήν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="%2Aga%2Fzhs">Γάζης</w> <w lemma="poliorki%2Fan">πολιορκίαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnhn">γενομένην</w> <w lemma="para%2Ftacin">παράταξιν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antio%2Fxou">Ἀντιόχου</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="%2Asko%2Fpan">Σκόπαν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="%2Akoi%2Flh%7C">Κοίλῃ</w> <w lemma="%2Asuri%2Fa%7C">Συρίᾳ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2Apa%2Fnion">Πάνιον</w>, <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="le%2Fcews">λέξεως</w> <w lemma="kataskeuh%5Cn">κατασκευὴν</w> <w lemma="dh%3Dlo%2Fs">δῆλός</w> <w lemma="e%29stin">ἐστιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="e%29spoudakw%5Cs">ἐσπουδακὼς</w> <w lemma="w%28s">ὡς</w> <w lemma="u%28perbolh%5Cn">ὑπερβολὴν</w> <w lemma="teratei%2Fas">τερατείας</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="katalipei%3Dn">καταλιπεῖν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29pideiktika%5Cs">ἐπιδεικτικὰς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fkplhcin">ἔκπληξιν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pollw%3Dn">πολλῶν</w> <w lemma="sunta%2Fceis">συντάξεις</w> <w lemma="poioume%2Fnois">ποιουμένοις</w>,
<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="w%29ligw%2Frhken">ὠλιγώρηκεν</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="pa%2Flin">πάλιν</w> <w lemma="a%29nupe%2Frblhton">ἀνυπέρβλητον</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="eu%29xe%2Freian">εὐχέρειαν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29peiri%2Fan">ἀπειρίαν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="suggrafe%2Fws">συγγραφέως</w>.
<w lemma="proqe%2Fmenos">προθέμενος</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="prw%2Fthn">πρώτην</w> <w lemma="diasafei%3Dn">διασαφεῖν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Asko%2Fpan">Σκόπαν</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fktacin">ἔκταξιν</w>, <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="deciw%3D%7C">δεξιῷ</w> <w lemma="ke%2Frati%2F">κέρατί</w> <w lemma="fhsi">φησι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="u%28pwrei%2Fas">ὑπωρείας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxesqai">ἔχεσθαι</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="fa%2Flagga">φάλαγγα</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgwn">ὀλίγων</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="eu%29w%2Fnumon">εὐώνυμον</w> <w lemma="au%29th%3Ds">αὐτῆς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="i%28ppei%3Ds">ἱππεῖς</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftou">τούτου</w> <w lemma="tetagme%2Fnous">τεταγμένους</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pipe%2Fdois">ἐπιπέδοις</w> <w lemma="kei%3Dsqai">κεῖσθαι</w>.
<w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxon">Ἀντίοχον</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%28wqinh%5Cn">ἑωθινὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29kpe%2Fmyai">ἐκπέμψαι</w> <w lemma="fhsi%5C">φησὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="presbu%2Fteron">πρεσβύτερον</w> <w lemma="ui%28o%5Cn">υἱὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxon">Ἀντίοχον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxonta">ἔχοντα</w> <w lemma="me%2Fros">μέρος</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w>, <w lemma="i%28%2Fna">ἵνα</w> <w lemma="prokatala%2Fbhtai">προκαταλάβηται</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="o%29reinh%3Ds">ὀρεινῆς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28perkeime%2Fnous">ὑπερκειμένους</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fwn">πολεμίων</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpous">τόπους</w>,
<w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="loiph%5Cn">λοιπὴν</w> <w lemma="du%2Fnamin">δύναμιν</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="fwti%5C">φωτὶ</w> <w lemma="diabiba%2Fsanta">διαβιβάσαντα</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="potamo%5Cn">ποταμὸν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="metacu%5C">μεταξὺ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pipe%2Fdois">ἐπιπέδοις</w> <w lemma="e%29kta%2Fttein">ἐκτάττειν</w>, <w lemma="tiqe%2Fnta">τιθέντα</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="falaggi%2Ftas">φαλαγγίτας</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="eu%29qei%3Dan">εὐθεῖαν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fshn">μέσην</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fwn">πολεμίων</w> <w lemma="ta%2Fcin">τάξιν</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="laio%5Cn">λαιὸν</w> <w lemma="ke%2Fras">κέρας</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="fa%2Flaggos">φάλαγγος</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="decio%2Fn">δεξιόν</w>, <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="oi%28%3Ds">οἷς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="kata%2Ffrakton">κατάφρακτον</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppon">ἵππον</w>, <w lemma="h%28%3Ds">ἧς</w> <w lemma="h%28gei%3Dto">ἡγεῖτο</w> <w lemma="pa%2Fshs">πάσης</w> <w lemma="o%28">ὁ</w> <w lemma="new%2Fteros">νεώτερος</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxos">Ἀντίοχος</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="ui%28w%3Dn">υἱῶν</w>.
<w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta%2F">ταῦτά</w> <w lemma="fhsi">φησι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="qhri%2Fa">θηρία</w> <w lemma="prota%2Fcai">προτάξαι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="fa%2Flaggos">φάλαγγος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="diasth%2Fmati">διαστήματι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="met%27">μετ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29antipa%2Ftrou">Ἀντιπάτρου</w> <w lemma="%2Ataranti%2Fnous">Ταραντίνους</w>, <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="metacu%5C">μεταξὺ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="qhri%2Fwn">θηρίων</w> <w lemma="plhrw%3Dsai">πληρῶσαι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="toco%2Ftais">τοξόταις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sfendonh%2Ftais">σφενδονήταις</w>, <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="e%28tairikh%3Ds">ἑταιρικῆς</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppou">ἵππου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="u%28paspistw%3Dn">ὑπασπιστῶν</w> <w lemma="kato%2Fpin">κατόπιν</w> <w lemma="e%29pisth%3Dnai">ἐπιστῆναι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qhri%2Fois">θηρίοις</w>.
<w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28poqe%2Fmenos">ὑποθέμενος</w>, <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="new%2Fteron">νεώτερον</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anti%2Foxo%2Fn">Ἀντίοχόν</w> <w lemma="fhsin">φησιν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cn">ὃν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pipe%2Fdois">ἐπιπέδοις</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fqhke">ἔθηκε</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="laio%5Cn">λαιὸν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fwn">πολεμίων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxonta">ἔχοντα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="kata%2Ffrakton">κατάφρακτον</w> <w lemma="i%28%2Fppon">ἵππον</w>, <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="o%29reinh%3Ds">ὀρεινῆς</w> <w lemma="e%29penexqe%2Fnta">ἐπενεχθέντα</w> <w lemma="tre%2Fyasqai">τρέψασθαι</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fas">ἱππέας</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Aptolemai%3Don">Πτολεμαῖον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aero%2Fpou">Ἀερόπου</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="katadiw%2Fkein">καταδιώκειν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cs">ὃς</w> <w lemma="e%29tu%2Fgxane">ἐτύγχανε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Aai%29twloi%3Ds">Αἰτωλοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pitetagme%2Fnos">ἐπιτεταγμένος</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="e%29pipe%2Fdois">ἐπιπέδοις</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="eu%29wnu%2Fmwn">εὐωνύμων</w>,
<w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="fa%2Flaggas">φάλαγγας</w>, <w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fballon">συνέβαλλον</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flais">ἀλλήλαις</w>, <w lemma="ma%2Fxhn">μάχην</w> <w lemma="poiei%3Dn">ποιεῖν</w> <w lemma="i%29sxura%2Fn">ἰσχυράν</w>.
<w lemma="o%28%2Fti">ὅτι</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sumbalei%3Dn">συμβαλεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29du%2Fnaton">ἀδύνατον</w> <w lemma="h%29%3Dn">ἦν</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="qhri%2Fwn">θηρίων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="i%28ppe%2Fwn">ἱππέων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="eu%29zw%2Fnwn">εὐζώνων</w> <w lemma="protetagme%2Fnwn">προτεταγμένων</w>, <w lemma="tou%3Dt%27">τοῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29ke%2Fti">οὐκέτι</w> <w lemma="sunora%3D%7C">συνορᾷ</w>.
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<head>Zeno's Account of the Battle of Panium</head>The best illustration of what I mean will be the<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note25">Zeno's account of the battle of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Panium&groupId=836&placeId=1512">Panium</a> between Antiochus the Great and Scopas, B. C. 201.</note>following. This same writer, in his account of the siege of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Gaza&groupId=599&placeId=390">Gaza</a> and Antiochus's pitched battle with Scopas in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Coele-Syria&groupId=484&placeId=908">Coele-Syria</a>, at Mount <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Panium&groupId=836&placeId=1512">Panium</a>,<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note26">Called Panion or Paneion. See Josephus<cit><bibl n="J. BJ 3.10.7" default="NO" valid="yes"><title>B. Jud.</title>3, 10, 7,</bibl><quote lang="greek">Ιορδάνου πήγη τὸ Πάνειον.</quote></cit>The town near it was called Paneas, and afterwards Paneas <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Caesarea&groupId=23&placeId=111">Caesarea</a>, and later still <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Caesarea&groupId=23&placeId=111">Caesarea</a> Philippi<ref target="b13c2" targOrder="U">13, 2</ref>;<ref target="b18c53" targOrder="U">18, 53</ref>.. Scopas, the Aetolian, was now serving Ptolemy Epiphanes; see</note>showed such extreme anxiety about ornaments of style, that he made it quite impossible even for professional rhetoricians or mob-orators to outstrip him in theatrical effect; while he showed such a contempt of facts, as once more amounted to unsurpassable carelessness and inaccuracy. For, intending to describe the first position in the field taken up by Scopas, he says that "the right extremity of his line, together with a few cavalry, rested on the slope of the mountain; while its left with all the cavalry belonging to this wing, was in the plains below. That Antiochus, just before the morning watch, despatched his elder son Antiochus with a division of his army to occupy the high ground which commanded the enemy; and that at daybreak he led the rest of his army across the river which flowed between the two camps, and drew them up on the plain: arranging his heavy-armed infantry in one line, facing the enemy's centre, and his cavalry, some on the right and the rest on the left wing of the phalanx, among which were the heavy-armed horsemen, under the sole command of the younger of the king's sons Antiochus. That in advance of this line he stationed the elephants at certain intervals, and the Tarentines<note anchored="yes" place="unspecified" id="note27">See on<ref target="b4c77" targOrder="U">4, 77</ref>;<ref target="b13c1" targOrder="U">13, 1</ref>.</note>commanded by Antipater; while he filled up the spaces between the elephants with archers and slingers. And finally, that he took up his own station on the rear of the elephants with a squadron of household cavalry and bodyguards." After this preliminary description he continues: "The younger Antiochus"—whom he had described as being on the level ground with the heavy-armed cavalry—"charged down from the high ground and put to flight and pursued the cavalry under Ptolemy, son of Aeropus, who was in command of the Aetolians in the plain on the left wing; but the two lines,<pb n="186" />when they met, maintained a stubborn fight." But he fails to observe that, as the elephants, cavalry, and light-armed infantry were in front, the two lines could not possibly meet at all.
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