Polyaenus (died 278 BC), born in Macedonia, was a Greek rhetorician who served as military commander in the Roman army. He later went into the political life and was a major exponent of Epicureanism. Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC - 270s BC - 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 283 BC 282 BC 281 BC 280 BC 279 BC - 278 BC - 277 BC 276 BC 275... The huge equestrian statue of Alexander the Great, king of ancient Macedon, on the waterfront at Thessaloniki, capital of Greek Macedonia Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in south-eastern Europe with an area of around 67,000 square kilometres and a population of 4. ... Epicureanism is a system of philosophy based upon the teachings of Epicurus (c. ...
Some of the material, especially in book 8, seems to added more for entertainment than because of any practical value; it includes hints on such topics as how to woo a tyrant's daughter and how to force your relatives to give you money.
Polyaenus' Greek text was translated into English in 1793 by E.Shepherd, who hoped that the Stratagems would help the generals who were at that time establishing the British Empire in India.
Shepherd's translation is antiquated and inaccurate in parts, and therefore many changes have been made in this version of it.
Polyaenus of Lampsacus (in Greek Î oλÏαινoÏ ÎαμÏακηνÏÏ; c.
But the statement may be at least doubted, since it is certain Polyaenus wrote a mathematical work called AÏoÏιαι in which the validity of geometry is maintained.
Polyaenus has been one of the authors found in the library in the Villa of the Papyri near Herculaneum, openig the road to the discovery of fragments of his works believed lost forever.
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