Note 202 — Chapter III
J. S. (John Selby) Watson translation
Ἐπὶ φάλαγγος.] This disposition of a company was in opposition to λόχοι ὄρθιοι (iv. 2. 11): see c. 8, sect, 10. The expression ἐπὶ φάλαγγος, says Kühner, properly means for a phalanx, or so that a phalanx (or acies) might be formed.