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Excerpta Polyaeni. ed. Johannes Melber, Eduard von Woelfflin. Polyaeni Strategematon Libri Octo, Leipzig, Teubner, 1887. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0616.tlg002.local001","excerpt":"1. Περὶ τοῦ ποῖον δεῖ τὸν στρατηγὸν εἶναι. 2. Περὶ τῆς τῶν ὑπηκόων εὐνοίας. 3. Περὶ τῆς τῶν πολεμίων ἀσκῄσεως καὶ σωφροσύνης. 4. Περὶ τοῦ πῶς ἄν τις τοῖς πολεμίοις προσάγοιτο. 5. Δειλῶν διάκρισις. 6. Φίλων δοκιμασία. 7. Περὶ κατασκόπων. 8. Ὅτι δεῖ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἄλλους πολεμίους κατασκευάζειν. 9. Περὶ ἀπιστίας εὐκαίρου. 10. Περὶ χάρακος. 11. Περὶ μονομαχιῶν. 12. Κατάπληξις πολεμίων. 13. Περὶ τοῦ καιροῦ καὶ τόπου τῆς μάχης. 14. Προτροπὴ εἰς ἀνδρείαν καὶ πειθανάγκην. 15. Φαντασία πλήθους. 16. Φαντασία ὀλιγότητος. 17. Τακτικά. 18. Περὶ τῆς παρατάξεως. 19. Πῶς δεῖ κυκλῶσαι πολεμίους. 20. Περὶ συνθημάτων. 21. Περὶ πυρσῶν. 22. Ἐκ πυρὸς βοήθεια. 23. Ἐξ ἀνέμων βοήθεια. 24. Δῄωσις καὶ φειδώ τῆς τῶν πολεμίων χώρας. 25. Πῶς ἄν τις ἀγρυπνίαν τοῖς πολεμίοις ποιήσειεν. 26. Κώλυσις ὁρμῆς ἀλογίστου. 27. Πανικοῦ φόβου λύσις. 28. Περὶ τῆς κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα τῶν σχημάτων ἀπάτης. In titulo ἐκ τῶν…","divisions":[{"label":"Πίναξ ὑποθέσεων τῶν ἐκ τῶν στρατηγικῶν πράξεων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-toc"},{"label":"1. Περὶ τοῦ ποῖον δεῖ τὸν στρατηγὸν εἶναι.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-1"},{"label":"2. Περὶ τῆς τῶν ὑπηκόων εὐνοίας.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-2"},{"label":"3. Περὶ τῆς τῶν πολεμίων ἀσκήσεως καὶ σωφροσύνης.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-3"},{"label":"4. Πῶς ἄν τις τοῖς πολεμίοις προσάγοιτο.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-4"},{"label":"5. Δειλῶν διάκρισις.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-5"},{"label":"6. Φίλων δοκίμασις.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-6"},{"label":"7. Περὶ κατασκόπων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-7"},{"label":"8. Ὅτι δεῖ τοῖς πολεμίοις ἄλλους πολεμίους κατασκευάζειν.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-8"},{"label":"9. Περὶ ἀπιστίας εὐκαίρου.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-9"},{"label":"10. Περὶ χάρακος.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-10"},{"label":"11. Περὶ μονομαχιῶν.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-11"},{"label":"12. Κατάπληξις πολεμίων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-12"},{"label":"13. Περὶ τοῦ καιροῦ καὶ τόπου τῆς μάχης.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-13"},{"label":"14. Προτροπὴ εἰς ἀνδρείαν καὶ πειθανάγκην.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-14"},{"label":"15. Φαντασία πλήθους.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-15"},{"label":"16. Φαντασία ὀλιγότητος.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-16"},{"label":"17. Τακτικά.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-17"},{"label":"18. Περὶ τῆς παρατάξεως.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-18"},{"label":"19. Πῶς δεῖ κυκλῶσαι πολεμίους.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-19"},{"label":"20. Περὶ συνθημάτων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-20"},{"label":"21. Περὶ πυρσῶν.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-21"},{"label":"22. Ἐκ πυρὸς βοήθεια.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-22"},{"label":"23. Ἐξ ἀνέμων βοήθεια.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-23"},{"label":"24. Δῄωσις καὶ φειδὼ τῆς τῶν πολεμίων χώρας.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-24"},{"label":"25. Πῶς ἄν τις ἀγρυπνίαν τοῖς πολεμίοις ποιήσειεν.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-25"},{"label":"26. Κώλυσις ὁρμῆς ἀλογίστου.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-26"},{"label":"27. Πανικοῦ φόβου λύσις.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-27"},{"label":"28. Περὶ τῆς κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα τῶν σχημάτων ἀπάτης.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-28"},{"label":"29. Περὶ τῆς ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου ἀπάτης.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-29"},{"label":"30. Περὶ τοῦ ψεύδους τοῦ πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους ἐπὶ συμφέροντι.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-30"},{"label":"31. Αἰφνίδιοι ἐπιθέσεις.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-31"},{"label":"32. Ὅτι δεῖ τὰς ἐξ ἀπονοίας μάχας φυλάττεσθαι.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-32"},{"label":"33. Προσποίησις φυγῆς.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-33"},{"label":"34. Ὅτι δεῖ κρύπτειν τὰ οἰκεῖα κακά.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-34"},{"label":"35. Προφυλακὴ ἐνέδρας.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-35"},{"label":"36. Ἐνέδραι διάφοροι καὶ ποικίλαι.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-36"},{"label":"37. Ὅσα κατὰ ἰππέων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-37"},{"label":"38. Περὶ τοῦ τόπου.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-38"},{"label":"39. Περὶ ὅρκων καὶ συνθηκῶν.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-39"},{"label":"40. Περὶ προδοτῶν.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-40"},{"label":"41. Περὶ ψευδοπροδοτῶν.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-41"},{"label":"42. Περὶ αἰχμαλώτων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-42"},{"label":"43. Περὶ ὁμήρων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-43"},{"label":"44. Περὶ αὐτομόλων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-44"},{"label":"45. Περὶ διώξεων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-45"},{"label":"46. Περὶ τῆς ἐν τῇ ἀναχωρήσει ἀσφαλείας.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-46"},{"label":"47. Φυγὴ ἐκ τόπων ἐπικινδύνων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-47"},{"label":"48. Ποταμῶν διαβάσεις.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-48"},{"label":"49. Ὀρῶν ἀποτόμων ἀναβάσεις.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-49"},{"label":"50. Περὶ ἀποσκευῆς.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-50"},{"label":"51. Ἅλωσις ἑνὸς ἀνδρός.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-51"},{"label":"52. Φυγὴ ἑνὸς καὶ μιᾶς.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-52"},{"label":"53. Τιμαὶ καὶ κολάσεις στρατιωτῶν.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-53"},{"label":"54. Πόλεων ἁλώσεις.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-54"},{"label":"55. Πέτρας ἀποτόμου ἅλωσις.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-55"},{"label":"56. Ἀσφάλειαι πόλεων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-56"},{"label":"57. Ναυμαχικά.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-57"},{"label":"58. Κατάληψις παραλίων τόπων καὶ πόλεων.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/#tlg0616-tlg002-local001-58"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0616.tlg002.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0616/tlg002/local001.json.gz"}}