# Τέχνη τακτική 3-4

Asclepiodotus, Τέχνη τακτική, Περὶ τῶν ἱππέων. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/asclepiodotus/text/3-4

τὰς δʼ ἐμβολοειδεῖς Σκύθας ἐξευρεῖν καὶ Θρᾷκας λέγεται, ὕστερον δὲ χρήσασθαι καὶ Μακεδόνας ταύταις, ὡς εὐχρηστοτέραις τῶν τετραγώνων· τὸ γὰρ μέτωπον τῶν ἐμβόλων βραχὺ γινόμενον ὥσπερ κἀπὶ τῶν ῥομβοειδῶν, ὧνπερ ἥμισύ ἐστι τὸ ἐμβολοειδές, ῥᾴστην ἐποίει τὴν διίππευσιν, μετὰ τοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἡγεμόνας προβεβλῆσθαι τῶν ἄλλων· καὶ τὰς ἀναστροφὰς εὐμαρεστέρας τῶν τετραγώνων ἐπὶ τούτων γίνεσθαι, πρὸς ἕνα τὸν ἰλάρχην ἀποβλεπόντων ἁπάντων, ὡς καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν γεράνων πτήσεως γίνεται.

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Asclepiodotus, Τέχνη τακτική, 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/tlg0556.tlg001.local001/.