§12.26a.1τί δὲ πάλιν ὅταν ὁ Τιμολέων ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ βύβλῳ παρακαλῶν τοὺς Ἕλληνας πρὸς τὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς Καρχηδονίους κίνδυνον, καὶ μόνον οὐκ ἤδη μελλόντων συνάγειν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας τοῖς ἐχθροῖς πολλαπλασίοις οὖσι, πρῶτον μὲν ἀξιοῖ μὴ βλέπειν αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ὑπεναντίων, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὴν ἀνανδρίαν;
And again, what when Timoleon, in the same book, exhorting the Greeks to face the danger against the Carthaginians, when they are just on the point of engaging hand to hand with enemies many times their number, first of all demands that they should look not at the multitude of their opponents, but at their cowardice?
§12.26a.2καὶ γὰρ τῆς Λιβύης ἁπάσης συνεχῶς οἰκουμένης καὶ πληθυούσης ἀνθρώπων, ὅμως ἐν ταῖς παροιμίαις, ὅταν περὶ ἐρημίας ἔμφασιν βουλώμεθα ποιῆσαι, λέγειν ἡμᾶς "3ἐρημότερα τῆς Λιβύησ"3, οὐκ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐρημίαν φέροντας τὸν λόγον, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀνανδρίαν τῶν κατοικούντων.
For, [he says,] although the whole of Libya is continuously inhabited and teeming with men, nevertheless in our proverbs, when we wish to emphasize desolation, we say "more desolate than Libya," applying the expression not to physical desolation, but to the cowardice of the inhabitants.
§12.26a.3καθόλου δέ, φησί, τίς ἂν φοβηθείη τοὺς ἄνδρας, οἵτινες τῆς φύσεως τοῦτο τοῖς ἀνθρώποις δεδωκυίας ἴδιον παρὰ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν ζῴων, λέγω δὲ τὰς χεῖρας, ταύτας παρʼ ὅλον τὸν βίον ἐντὸς τῶν χιτώνων ἔχοντες ἀπράκτους περιφέρουσι;
"And on the whole," he says, "who would fear men who, although nature has given this to humans as a special privilege distinct from the rest of the animals—I mean hands—carry these about inside their tunics inactive throughout their whole lives?
§12.26a.4τὸ δὲ μέγιστον ὅτι καὶ ὑπὸ τοῖς χιτωνίσκοις, φησί, περιζώματα φοροῦσιν, ἵνα μηδʼ ὅταν ἀποθάνωσιν ἐν ταῖς μάχαις φανεροὶ γένωνται τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις
And what is greatest of all," he says, "is that they even wear loincloths under their tunics, so that not even when they die in battle may they be exposed to their opponents."