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τὸ μὲν οὖν πλέον ὡμολόγουν ἀλλήλαις αἱ πόλεις αὗται, περὶ δὲ Ληλάντου διενεχθεῖσαι ... οὐδ᾽ οὕτω τελέως ἐπαύσαντο ... ὥστ᾽ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ κατὰ αὐθάδειαν δρᾶν ἕκαστα, ἀλλὰ συνέθεντο ἐφ᾽ οἷς συστήσονται τὸν ἀγῶνα. δηλοῖ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο ἐν τῷ Ἀμαρυνθίῳ στήλη τις φράζουσα μὴ χρῆσθαι τηλεβόλοις1.

1 post τηλεβόλοις: καὶ γὰρ δὴ καὶ τῶν πολεμικῶν ἐθῶν καὶ τῶν ὁπλισμῶν οὐχ ἓν οὔτ᾽ ἔστιν οὔτ᾽ ἦν ἔθος: ἀλλ᾽ οἱ μὲν τηλεβόλοις χρῶνται, καθάπερ οἱ τοξόται καὶ οἱ σφενδονῆται καὶ οἱ ἀκοντισταί, οἱ δ᾽ ἀγχεμάχοις, καθάπερ οἱ ξίφει καὶ δόρατι τῷ ὀρεκτῷ χρώμενοι: διττὴ γὰρ ἡ τῶν δοράτων χρῆσις, ἡ μὲν ἐκ χειρὸς ἡ δ᾽ ὡς παλτοῖς, καθάπερ καὶ ὁ κοντὸς ἀμφοτέρας τὰς χρείας ἀποδίδωσι: καὶ γὰρ συστάδην ... καὶ κοντοβολούντων: ὅπερ καὶ ἡ σάρισσα δύναται καὶ ὁ ὑσσός.

Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.

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