Polybius, Histories

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Book 30 - Chapter 15

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<w lemma="%2Atw%3Dn">Τῶν</w> <w lemma="gou%3Dn">γοῦν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hpeirwtw%3Dn">Ἠπειρωτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%28bdomh%2Fkonta">ἑβδομήκοντα</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbio%2Fs">Πολύβιός</w> <w lemma="fhsin">φησιν</w> <w lemma="a%29natre%2Fyai">ἀνατρέψαι</w> <w lemma="%2Apau%3Dlon">Παῦλον</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperse%2Fws">Περσέως</w> <w lemma="kata%2Flusin:">κατάλυσιν·</w> <w lemma="%2Amolottw%3Dn">Μολοττῶν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frcai">ὑπάρξαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstas:">πλείστας·</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnte">πέντε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="muria%2Fdas">μυριάδας</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="e%29candrapodi%2Fsasqai">ἐξανδραποδίσασθαι</w>.
<head>How to Hold Good Games</head>It requires the same sort of spirit to arrange public games well, and to set out great banquets and wine with fitting splendour, as it does to draw up an army in presence of the enemy with strategic skill. . . .