Need some information about Mantinea 207 BCE

[Ildar]

By accident, I bumped into this old thread and decided to offer a clarification. Duncan, Tracey Rihll, and perhaps some others believe that Marsden here (Polyaenus, Strat., II, 38, 2) made a mistake. Admittedly, Marsden made many mistakes, but not in this instance. Rather, he chose not to supply the details—as a matter of fact, πετροβολους μηχανας, instead of just πετροβολους, is found in Excerpta Polyaeni, 36, 3, 3.