# Excerpta 4

Cassius Longinus, Excerpta, Section 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cassius-longinus/excerpta/4

4. Ὅτι δεῖ σκέπτεσθαι τὴν δύναμιν τῶν κεφαλαίων, καὶ τὴν τῶν ἀντιθέσεων διαφοράν, καὶ μήτε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀσθενῶν ἄρχεσθαι μήτε τελευτᾶν εἰς ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ μιμεῖσθαι τὴν ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις τακτικὴν εἰς μέσον τοὺς χείρους λοχίζουσαν. τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ συνουσίαις ἄριστον, οὐ μόνον ἐν συγγραφῇ. πρὸς γὰρ τὰ ἀσθενῆ ῥᾳδίως ἀντιλέγουσιν, ὥσπερ οἱ εἰς τοὺς ψιλοὺς τῶν πολεμίων ἐμβαλόντες, ἀλλʼ οὐκ εἰς τοὺς ὁπλίτας.

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Cassius Longinus, Excerpta, ed. Leonhard von Spengel. 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.
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