# ἐκ τῆς Κελτῖκης Fragment VIII

Appian of Alexandria, ἐκ τῆς Κελτῖκης, Fragment VIII. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/appian-of-alexandria/text-4/Fragment%20VIII

οὓς γυμνοὺς ἐπεδείκνυε Ῥωμαίοις, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὴν βοὴν βαρεῖαν ἱέντες ὑμῖν ἐν ταῖς μάχαις καὶ τὰ ὅπλα παταγοῦντες καὶ ξίφη μακρὰ καὶ κόμας αἰωροῦντες. ὧν τὸ ἄτολμον ὁρῶντες, καὶ τὸ σῶμα μαλακὸν καὶ ἄτονον, προσίεσθε τῷ ἔργῳ. οὓς γυμνοὺς ἐπεδείκνυε Ῥωμαίοις, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὴν βοὴν βαρεῖαν ἱέντες ὑμῖν ἐν ταῖς μάχαις καὶ τὰ ὅπλα παταγοῦντες καὶ ξίφη μακρὰ καὶ κόμας αἰωροῦντες. ὧν τὸ ἄτολμον ὁρῶντες, καὶ τὸ σῶμα μαλακὸν καὶ ἄτονον, προσίεσθε τῷ ἔργῳ.

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Appian of Alexandria, ἐκ τῆς Κελτῖκης, ed. Ludwig Mendelssohn. 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/tlg0551.tlg005.local001/.