γράψαι δὲ βουλόμεθα καὶ ὡς δεῖ ὡπλίσθαι τὸν μέλλοντα ἐφ᾽ ἵππου κινδυνεύειν. πρῶτον μὲν τοίνυν φαμὲν χρῆναι πρὸς τὸ σῶμα τὸν θώρακα πεποιῆσθαι. τὸν μὲν γὰρ καλῶς ἁρμόττοντα ἐκεῖνον φέρει τὸ σῶμα, τὸν δὲ ἄγαν χαλαρὸν οἱ ὦμοι μόνοι φέρουσιν. ὅ γε μὴν λίαν στενὸς δεσμός, οὐχ ὅπλον ἐστίν.
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Xenophon. Xenophontis opera omnia, vol. 5. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1920 (repr.1969).
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