Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaimonians, chapter 11, section 4

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The men so equipped were divided into six regiments of cavalry and infantry. The officers of each citizen¹ regiment comprise one colonel, four² captains, eight first lieutenants and sixteen second lieutenants. These regiments at the word of command form sections³ sometimes (two), sometimes three, and sometimes six abreast.

1 Or, reading ὁπλιτικῶν with Stobaeus, “regiment of heavy infantry.”

2 On account of Hellenica 7.4.20 and 5.10 it is thought that δύο, “two,” should be read for τέτταρας ῾δ̓́.

3 A number, ἕνα, “in single file,” or δύο, “two,” must have fallen out before ἐνωμοτίας.

Xenophon. Xenophon in Seven Volumes, 7. E. C. Marchant, G. W. Bowersock, tr. Constitution of the Athenians. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA; William Heinemann, Ltd., London. 1925.

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Cross-references to this page (2):
- Harper's, Exercĭtus
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), EXE´RCITUS
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Polybius, Histories, A: Fragments whose reference is known
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (6):
- LSJ, ἐνωμοτ-άρχης
- LSJ, ἐνωμοτ-ία
- LSJ, λοχ-α_γός
- LSJ, μόρα
- LSJ, παρεγγυ?́-ησις
- LSJ, πεντηκοντ-ήρ

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