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20 5 10 15 20 _______ texnit«n tax°vw g¤nesyai dunãmena, eÈdiÒryvta, dusepiboÊleuta, eÈmetãgvga, ésfal∞, duskãtakta, eÈsÊnyeta prÚw tØn xre¤an ˆnta ka‹ eÈdiãluta. TaËta d¢ || pãnta, strathgikØn §pistÆmhn …w prÚw poliork¤an =&d¤vw §fodiãzein dunãmena, §n tªde tª d°ltƒ prÒw te kataskeuØn ka‹ xre¤an kayej∞w proÛÒntew, katå tãjin énagrãcantew §jey°meya. 3. Ka‹ mÆ tiw l°jevn §jonuxistÆw, sunyÆkhn éttik¤zousan §reun«n µ deinÒthta lÒgou, kãllow te ka‹ èrmon¤an ka‹ sxhmãtvn eÈruym¤an, per‹ tÚ fidivtikÚn ka‹ Ïption ≤mçw eÈyÊn˙, t«n pãlai sof«n ékoÊvn ˜ti ı prÚw poliork¤an ginÒmenow ëpaw lÒgow safhne¤aw te ka‹ t∞w deoÊshw §pide›tai suntom¤aw, stin d¢ ˜te ka‹ tautologi«n ka‹ §panalÆcevn ka‹ §penyumhmãtvn prÚw katãlhcin t«n te dianohmãtvn ka‹ prãjevn, dialektik«n d¢ paraggelmãtvn µ t«n toÊtoiw éntistrÒfvn éno¤keiow | tugxãnei: efid∆w d¢ ˜ti ka‹ Plvt›now ı m°gaw “grafen,” Àw fhsin ı polÁw §n sof¤& PorfÊriow, “oÎte efiw kãllow épotupoÊmenow tå grãmmata, oÎte eÈsÆmvw tåw sullabåw diair«n, oÎte t∞w Ùryograf¤aw front¤zvn, éllå mÒnou toË noË ka‹ t«n pragmãtvn §xÒmenow.” Trittå går tå ˆnta ±p¤stato, n te fvna›w noÆmas¤ te ka‹ prãgmasi: ka‹ tÚn m¢n per‹ tåw fvnåw sfallÒmenon mhd¢n diasÊresyai, …w oÈd¢n tÚ nÒhma µ tÚ prçgma lumainÒmenon: tÚn d¢ per‹ tå noÆmata èmartãnonta pikr«w diel°gxesyai, …w || édianoÆtvw fyeggÒmenon: poll“ d¢ êra tÚn per‹ tå prãgmata tufl≈ttonta katagin≈skesyai, …w ±l¤yion ˆnta ka‹ ceudogrãfon, efiw tØn katå diãyesin §mp¤ptonta êgnoian, ¥ntina dipl∞n ı Plãtvn kale›, diå tÚ efid°nai m¢n ˜ti gin≈skei, mØ §p¤stasyai d¢ ˜ti égnoe›. ÉAllå ka‹ ı flstoriogrãfow Kallisy°nhw fhs¤n, “de›n tÚn grãfein ti peir≈menon mØ éstoxe›n toË pros≈pou, éll’ 3: 4–9 ı – tugxãnei: cf. Ath. Mech. 7:4–6. 10–13 grafen – §xÒmenow: cf. Porph. Plot. VIII. 13–14 Trittå – ˆnta: cf. Olymp. Phil., Proll. 18:25–27, Elias Phil., In Cat. 129:9–11. 20–22 dipl∞n – égnoe›: cf. Pl. Sph. 229b, Chrm. 166d. 22–24 ı – ye›nai: cf. Ath. Mech. 7:1–4. _______ 3: 13 Post tå add. èmartÆmata Mar || 21 Post m¢n add. o‡esyai Sch || 22 de›n Wes (cf. Ath. Mech. 7:2): de› VB [ 30 ] 2.17–3.23 f. 2v Wes 201 f. 3
Parangelmata Poliorcetica be made quickly by any craftsman, easy to repair, difficult to damage, easy to transport, secure, difficult to break, easy to assemble for use and to disassemble. All these , which can easily supply knowledge for generals on conducting sieges, we have set forth in this book for both construction and use, proceeding in order and recording them in sequence. 3. And let no scrutinizer of diction, searching for Attic composition or forcefulness of style, and beauty and harmony and gracefulness of figures, fault us for our commonplace and flat writing, after hearing from the wise men of the past that all writing on siege warfare requires clarity and the necessary conciseness, but sometimes also repetitions and reiterations and secondary arguments for comprehension of the concepts and operations, but that it is not suited to dialectic precepts or their counterparts and knowing that even the great Plotinus “has written,” as the most wise Porphyry says, “without forming his letters calligraphically, not dividing syllables clearly, nor being concerned for correct spelling, but concerned only with the concept and the things.” For he knew that reality is tripartite: words, concepts, and things. And the one who errs regarding words is not disparaged, as he does not harm the concept or the thing; but the one missing the mark on concepts is severely reproached for speaking incomprehensibly; but the one who is blind to things is then especially condemned, as a fool and writer of falsehoods. For this one falls into the ignorance by disposition that Plato calls double, “knowing that one knows and not understanding that one is ignorant.” But the historian Kallisthenes says: “It is necessary for one who undertakes to write something not to depart from his personality, but to suit the [ 31 ]
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Dumbarton Oaks Studies XXXVI SIEGEC
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Foreword The texts commonly called
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Introduction Vaticanus graecus 1605
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