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Although so seriously impeded, he bent in his knees and forced himself forward, so that he actually broke the spear by the movement of his legs. After the defeat of the Lacedaemonians under Cleomenes, Philopoemen returned to the camp, where the surgeons pulled out from one thigh the spike, from the other the blade. When Antigonus learned of his valor and saw it, he was anxious to take Philepoemen to
But Philopoemen was not likely to care much about Antigonus. Sailing across to
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As the Achaeans now turned their gaze on Philopoemen and placed in him all their hopes, he succeeded in changing the equipment of those serving in their infantry. They had been carrying short javelins and oblong shields after the fashion of the Celtic “door” or the Persian “wicker” note Philopoemen, however, persuaded them to put on breast-plates and greaves, and also to use Argolic shields note and long spears. When Machanidas the upstart became despot of Not long afterwards the Argives celebrated the Nemean games, and Philopoemen chanced to be present at the competition of the harpists. Pylades, a man of But Philip, the son of Demetrius, king of Macedonia, who poisoned Aratus of The Thebans had defeated the Megarians in battle, and were already climbing the wall of In
When Philopoemen's term of office as general expired, and others were chosen to be generals of the Achaeans, he again crossed to The Romans had equipped a fleet against Nabis, and Philopoemen was too enthusiastic to keep out of the quarrel. But being entirely ignorant of nautical affairs he unwittingly embarked on a leaky trireme, so that the Romans and their allies were reminded of the verses of Homer, where in the Catalogue note he remarks on the ignorance of the Arcadians of nautical matters.
, an ode of Timotheus the Milesian. When he had begun the song:
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Timotheus, unknown location.the audience of Greeks looked at Philopoemen and by their clapping signified that the song applied to him. I am told that a similar thing happened to Themistocles at
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