# Strategemata 54. ΑΜΦΙΡΗΤΟΣ.

Polyaenus, Strategemata, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ΕΚΤΟΝ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/polyaenus/strategemata/54.%20%CE%91%CE%9C%CE%A6%CE%99%CE%A1%CE%97%CE%A4%CE%9F%CE%A3.

Ἀμφίρητος Ἀκάνθιος λῃσταῖς ἁλοὺς, ἐς Λῆμνον ἀχθεὶς ἐν δεσμοῖς ἐφρουρεῖτο τῶν λῃστῶν λύτρα με- γάλα ἐλπιζόντων· ὁ δὲ τροφῆς ἀποσχόμενος μίλτον ὕδατι ἁλμυρῷ μίξας ἔπιεν. ἐπεὶ δὲ διεχώρησεν, οἱ λῃσταὶ νομίσαντες αἵματος ῥύσιν αὐτῷ γεγονέναι τῶν δεσμῶν ἀνῆκαν, ὡς μὴ διὰ τὴν νόσον ἀποθάνοι καὶ δὴ τῶν λύτρων ἀπολουμένων. ὁ δὲ λυθεὶς, νύκτωρ ἀποδρὰς, ἁλιάδος ἐπιβὰς εἰς Ἄκανθον διεσώθη.

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Polyaenus, Strategemata, ed. Johannes Melber, Eduard von Woelfflin. 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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