History & Politics
Book XV, 50: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Thou shouldst have borne arms and not these robes, as being a driver and also a champion in war. For when the tyrant-slaying sword of the emperor went forth thou didst take up arms, too, and join in the battle of the ships, and, master of many counsels, thou didst skilfully seize on a double victory, that of the charioteer and that of the tyrannicide.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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