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of the military affairs of greece.
country. In some ages after this, they seem to have been wholly laid
aside.
Yet they were not still wanting to raise monuments to preserve the
memory of their victories, and to testify their gratitude to the gods ; some
of which are likewise mentioned in authors, before the disuse of trophies,
Sometimes statues were erected to the gods, especially to Jupiter, as ap-
pears from that which Pausanias dedicated out of the Persian spoils (1),
and several others : there is frequent mention of this custom in Euri»
pides (°2);
Several other instances may be produced : sometimes the same god was
honoured with a temple on such accounts, as appears from the story of
the Dorians, who having overcome the Achaians, raised a temple to Jupi-
ter T£a#aiO£(3).
Sometimes they erected towers, which they adorned with the spoils of
their enemies ; which was likewise a Roman custom, and practised by
Fabius Maximus, and DomitiusiEuobarbus, after the victory over the Alio-
broges (4).
It was also customary to raise altars to the gods ; an instance whereof
we have in Alexander, who, returning from his Indian expedition, erected
ultars m height scarce inferior to the most lofty towers, and in breadth
exceeding them (5).
CHAP. XIII.
of their military punishments and rewards, with their manner of
conveying intelligence.
The Grecians had no constant method of correcting their soldiers, but
left that to the discretion of their commanders : only in some few cases
the laws made provision.
AiTojj-oXoi. runagates, suffered death.
As£<x.<rsu<roi, such as refused to serve in the wars, and such as quitted
their ranks by one of Charondas's laws, were obliged to sit three days in
the public forum in women's apparel (6). At Athens «^aT£UToi, such as
refused to serve in the wars ; Xswror^xraj, they who deserted their ranks,
and Seiko}, cowards, were neither permitted to wear garlands nor to enter
the «£>-<* b-^MTzXij\ public temples : and were farther obliged by the unde-
cimviri to appear in the court called Heliasa, where a fine or other pun-
ishment was inflicted according to their demerit. If a fine was inflicted,
the criminal was kept in bonds till he made payment (7). To these are
to be reckoned '^atftfl&sz, they who lost their bucklers, which was ac-
counted a token of extreme cowardice. Hence a law came to be enact-
(1) Herodotus, lib. ix. (2) Phceniss. (6) Diodorus Sioulus.
(3) PausaniasLaconicis. (7) ^schines in Ctesiphontem, Demosthenes
{4) Lucius Florus, lib. iii. cap. 2. in Tiraocrafem.
(5) ArrianusExped. Alexander, lib, r.
of the military affairs of greece.
country. In some ages after this, they seem to have been wholly laid
aside.
Yet they were not still wanting to raise monuments to preserve the
memory of their victories, and to testify their gratitude to the gods ; some
of which are likewise mentioned in authors, before the disuse of trophies,
Sometimes statues were erected to the gods, especially to Jupiter, as ap-
pears from that which Pausanias dedicated out of the Persian spoils (1),
and several others : there is frequent mention of this custom in Euri»
pides (°2);
Several other instances may be produced : sometimes the same god was
honoured with a temple on such accounts, as appears from the story of
the Dorians, who having overcome the Achaians, raised a temple to Jupi-
ter T£a#aiO£(3).
Sometimes they erected towers, which they adorned with the spoils of
their enemies ; which was likewise a Roman custom, and practised by
Fabius Maximus, and DomitiusiEuobarbus, after the victory over the Alio-
broges (4).
It was also customary to raise altars to the gods ; an instance whereof
we have in Alexander, who, returning from his Indian expedition, erected
ultars m height scarce inferior to the most lofty towers, and in breadth
exceeding them (5).
CHAP. XIII.
of their military punishments and rewards, with their manner of
conveying intelligence.
The Grecians had no constant method of correcting their soldiers, but
left that to the discretion of their commanders : only in some few cases
the laws made provision.
AiTojj-oXoi. runagates, suffered death.
As£<x.<rsu<roi, such as refused to serve in the wars, and such as quitted
their ranks by one of Charondas's laws, were obliged to sit three days in
the public forum in women's apparel (6). At Athens «^aT£UToi, such as
refused to serve in the wars ; Xswror^xraj, they who deserted their ranks,
and Seiko}, cowards, were neither permitted to wear garlands nor to enter
the «£>-<* b-^MTzXij\ public temples : and were farther obliged by the unde-
cimviri to appear in the court called Heliasa, where a fine or other pun-
ishment was inflicted according to their demerit. If a fine was inflicted,
the criminal was kept in bonds till he made payment (7). To these are
to be reckoned '^atftfl&sz, they who lost their bucklers, which was ac-
counted a token of extreme cowardice. Hence a law came to be enact-
(1) Herodotus, lib. ix. (2) Phceniss. (6) Diodorus Sioulus.
(3) PausaniasLaconicis. (7) ^schines in Ctesiphontem, Demosthenes
{4) Lucius Florus, lib. iii. cap. 2. in Tiraocrafem.
(5) ArrianusExped. Alexander, lib, r.