t.

(13) Or, "alongside of any comrade who may have fallen in their way."
See Plut. "Pelop." 23 (Clough, ii. 222); Thuc. v. 72.

(14) Or, "drill sergeant."

(15) See Jebb, note to "Theophr." viii. 3.

(16) Or, "marching in rear of another."

(17) See Rustow and Kochly, p. 127.

(18) Or, "every time."

(19) See Thuc. v. 67, 71.

(20) See Rustow and Kochly, p. 127.

(21) For these movements, see "Dict. of Antiq." "Exercitus"; Grote,
"H. G." vii. 111.

(22) See "Hell." VII. v. 23.

(23) I am indebted to Professor Jebb for the following suggestions
with regard to this passage: "The words {oude touto eosin, all
apothousin e}, etc., contain some corruption. The sense ought
clearly to be roughly parallel with that of the phrase used a
little before, {ouden allo pragmateuontai e}, etc. Perhaps
{apothousin} is a corruption of {apothen ousin}, and this
corruption occasioned the insertion of {e}. Probably Xenophon
wrote {oude touto eosin, all apothen ousin antipalous}, etc.:
'while the enemy is still some way off, they turn their companies
so as to face him.' The words {apothen ousin} indirectly suggest
the celerity of the Spartan movement."

XII

I will now speak of the mode of encampment sanctioned by the regulation
of Lycurgus. To avoid the waste incidental to the angles of a square,
(1) the encampment, according to him, should be circular, except where
there was the security of a hill, (2) or fortification, or where they
had a river in their rear. He had sentinels posted during the day along
the place of arms and facing inwards; (3) since they are appointed not
so much for the sake of the enemy as to keep an eye on friends. The
enemy is sufficiently watched by mounted troopers perched on various
points commanding the widest prospect.

(1) Or, "Regarding the angles of a square as a useless inconvenience,
he arranged that an encampment should be circular," etc. See
Polyb. vi. 31, 42.

(2) Cf. "Hell." VI. iv. 14; Polyaen. II. iii. 11, ap. Schneider.

(3) Lit. "these," {tas men}. Or, "He had lines of sentinels posted
throughout the day; one line facing inwards towards the place of
arms (and these were appointed, etc.); while observation of the
enemy was secured by mounted troopers," etc.

To guard against hostile approach by night, sentinel duty according to
the ordinance was performed by the Sciritae (4) outside the main