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Of THE MILITARY A it A1K S OF UREfcCL.
titles of the rest will easily be understood from the names of the parties
under their command, being all derived from them ; such as, Ao^aywyoi,
JlsvTrixoSij^sg, Evw^oTa^ou, &c.
CHAP. VI.
of THE several divisions and fokms of THE grecian army with other
military terms.
The whole army, as compounded of horse and foot, was called ggaria.
The front (xstwttov, or ^wroff ^uyog- the right-hand man of which, as in
other places, was ^oto^t^ the wings, xs'gara, of which some make
Pan, Bacchus's general in his Indian expedition, to have been the first
inventor ; the soldiers herein, and their leader, Ka^aiarar those in the
middle ranks, eirndrar the rear etf^aros £uyos, o<5ga, and the person that
brought up the rear, ou^uyog, or otiddocpvkaZ (1)- which seem to have been
common names for any others that obtained the like places in smaller bo-
dies.
TlEjAtfcis was a party of five soldiers ; its leader, Hs^dSa^S-
Asxag of ten ; its leader, AsxaSagxpg. And so of the rest.
Aop^og, consisted of eight, as others of twelve, or as some of sixteen,
which was a complete though some make that to contain no less
than twenty-five. It is sometimes termed £t'x°s< or Ssxavta, and its leader
A<>oi£ia, or 'HfuXo^/a, was an half Xo^og ; its leaders Aijuoj£<<r»]s, or 'HfM-
Xopft'TIJg,
2uXXo^irf(xog was a conjunction of several Xo^or sometimes it is termed
duiatfis, which consisted of four half, or two complete Xo^ot, consisting of
thirty-two men.
Il£v<r7]xov<rhowever the name imports only fifty, was usually a dou-
ble tfutoufig, consisting of four Xo^oi, or sixty-four men : whence its lead-
er was not only termed ILsvrvixovTu^xos, but Tsrgag^tis, and for #£v<r>']xov<ra£-
^/a, we sometimes find tZT^yja.
'Exarovra^ia, sometimes called rdfyg, consisted of two of the former,
containing an hundred and twenty-eight men. Its commander was an-
ciently called Ta^<ap^og, but afterwards the name of 'Exotrovrtt^os, gene-
rally prevailed. To every exarovra^ia were assigned five necessary at-
tendants, called "ExraxToi, as not being reckoned in the ranks with the sol-
diers. These were,
1. 2rf>u<rox'Kgv%, the crier, who conveyed by voice the words of com-
mand. He was usually a man of strong lungs : the most remarkable of
any in story was Homer's Stentor, who, he tells us, was able to shout as
bud as any fifty (2). |
'Evfla s"*!r' Hun 3-jit xwzcektvos "Hm,
-«/■./ * 1
(DOrbicius,
(2) Iliad, i.v. 784
Of THE MILITARY A it A1K S OF UREfcCL.
titles of the rest will easily be understood from the names of the parties
under their command, being all derived from them ; such as, Ao^aywyoi,
JlsvTrixoSij^sg, Evw^oTa^ou, &c.
CHAP. VI.
of THE several divisions and fokms of THE grecian army with other
military terms.
The whole army, as compounded of horse and foot, was called ggaria.
The front (xstwttov, or ^wroff ^uyog- the right-hand man of which, as in
other places, was ^oto^t^ the wings, xs'gara, of which some make
Pan, Bacchus's general in his Indian expedition, to have been the first
inventor ; the soldiers herein, and their leader, Ka^aiarar those in the
middle ranks, eirndrar the rear etf^aros £uyos, o<5ga, and the person that
brought up the rear, ou^uyog, or otiddocpvkaZ (1)- which seem to have been
common names for any others that obtained the like places in smaller bo-
dies.
TlEjAtfcis was a party of five soldiers ; its leader, Hs^dSa^S-
Asxag of ten ; its leader, AsxaSagxpg. And so of the rest.
Aop^og, consisted of eight, as others of twelve, or as some of sixteen,
which was a complete though some make that to contain no less
than twenty-five. It is sometimes termed £t'x°s< or Ssxavta, and its leader
A<>oi£ia, or 'HfuXo^/a, was an half Xo^og ; its leaders Aijuoj£<<r»]s, or 'HfM-
Xopft'TIJg,
2uXXo^irf(xog was a conjunction of several Xo^or sometimes it is termed
duiatfis, which consisted of four half, or two complete Xo^ot, consisting of
thirty-two men.
Il£v<r7]xov<rhowever the name imports only fifty, was usually a dou-
ble tfutoufig, consisting of four Xo^oi, or sixty-four men : whence its lead-
er was not only termed ILsvrvixovTu^xos, but Tsrgag^tis, and for #£v<r>']xov<ra£-
^/a, we sometimes find tZT^yja.
'Exarovra^ia, sometimes called rdfyg, consisted of two of the former,
containing an hundred and twenty-eight men. Its commander was an-
ciently called Ta^<ap^og, but afterwards the name of 'Exotrovrtt^os, gene-
rally prevailed. To every exarovra^ia were assigned five necessary at-
tendants, called "ExraxToi, as not being reckoned in the ranks with the sol-
diers. These were,
1. 2rf>u<rox'Kgv%, the crier, who conveyed by voice the words of com-
mand. He was usually a man of strong lungs : the most remarkable of
any in story was Homer's Stentor, who, he tells us, was able to shout as
bud as any fifty (2). |
'Evfla s"*!r' Hun 3-jit xwzcektvos "Hm,
-«/■./ * 1
(DOrbicius,
(2) Iliad, i.v. 784