# Περὶ τοῦ πῶς χρὴ πολιορκουμένους ἀντέχειν 19.1

Aeneas Tacticus, Περὶ τοῦ πῶς χρὴ πολιορκουμένους ἀντέχειν, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aeneas-tacticus/text/19.1

Διαπρίοντα δὲ μοχλὸν ἔλαιον ἐπιχεῖν· θᾶσσον γὰρ καὶ ἀψοφητὶ μᾶλλον πρισθήσεται. ἐὰν δὲ καὶ σπόγγος ἐπί τε τὸν πρίονα καὶ τὸν μοχλὸν ἐπιδεθῇ, πολλῷ κωφότερος ὁ ψόφος ἔσται. πολλὰ δʼ ἄν τις καὶ ἄλλα ὁμότροπα τούτοις γράψαι. ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν παρετέον.

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Aeneas Tacticus, Περὶ τοῦ πῶς χρὴ πολιορκουμένους ἀντέχειν, ed. William Abbott Oldfather. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0058.tlg001.local001/.