TY - JOUR
TI - Notes on a Stratagem of Iphicrates in Polyaenus and Leo Tactica
AU - Wheeler, Everett L.
TI - Notes on a Stratagem of Iphicrates in Polyaenus and Leo Tactica
AB - 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.
VL - 2012
IS - Volume 19
PY - 2013
SN - 1897-3426
C1 - 2084-3909
SP - 157
EP - 163
DO - 10.4467/20843909EL.12.010.0751
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/electrum/article/notes-on-a-stratagem-of-iphicrates-in-polyaenus-and-leo-tactica
KW - Iphicrates
KW - Polyaenus
KW - Leo
KW - Strategica