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ἀκόντισμά γε μὴν τὸ μακρότατον ἐπαινοῦμεν: καὶ γὰρ ἀποστρέψαι καὶ μεταλαβεῖν παλτὸν οὕτω μᾶλλον ὁ χρόνος ἐγχωρεῖ. γράψομεν δὲ ἐν βραχεῖ καὶ ὡς ἄν τις κράτιστα ἀκοντίζοι. ἢν γὰρ προβαλλόμενος μὲν τὰ ἀριστερά, ἐπανάγων δὲ τὰ δεξιά, ἐξανιστάμενος δὲ ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν, μικρὸν ἐπανακύπτουσαν τὴν λόγχην ἀφῇ, οὕτω σφοδρότατόν τε καὶ μακρότατον οἴσεται τὸ ἀκόντιον, εὐστοχώτατον μέντοι, ἐὰν κατὰ τὸν σκοπὸν ἀφιεμένη ἀεὶ ὁρᾷ ἡ λόγχη.


Xenophon. Xenophontis opera omnia, vol. 5. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1920 (repr.1969).

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