Xenophon, Memorabilia, Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator), 3.1.5

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[5] But, he continued, in order that any one of us who may happen to command a regiment or platoon under you may have a better knowledge of warfare, tell us the first lesson he gave you in generalship.
The first was like the last, he replied; he taught me tactics — nothing else.

Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.

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Memorabilia (English) (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 4. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923.)

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Ἀπομνημονεύματα Perseus (Xenophon. Opera omnia, Vol. 2. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.) — 3.1.5 focus

[5] ἀτάρ, ἔφη, ἵνα καί, ἐὰν ἡμῶν τις ἢ ταξιαρχῇ ἢ λοχαγῇ σοι, ἐπιστημονέστεροι τῶν πολεμικῶν ὦμεν, λέξον ἡμῖν πόθεν ἤρξατό σε διδάσκειν τὴν στρατηγίαν. καὶ ὅς, ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἔφη, εἰς ὅπερ καὶ ἐτελεύτα· τὰ γὰρ τακτικὰ ἐμέ γε καὶ ἄλλʼ οὐδὲν ἐδίδαξεν.

Xenophon Memorabilia 3.1.5

Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator)

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