Onasander
Onasandros ( Greek Ὀνάσανδρος Onásandros , Latinized and German Onasander ) was a Greek military writer. He lived in the 1st century.
His Strategikos (Στρατηγικός, German Der in Feldherrndingen ) is a work on the history of war with a description of the tasks of a general , the ability to do so and general military rules. He dedicated it to the consul of AD 49, Quintus Veranius , who later became a legate in Britain and died there in 58. When writing this work, he relied on the writings of Aeneas Tacticos , among other things .
Onasander's work encompasses some of the most important treatises on ancient military affairs and provides insight into other works on Greek tactics that are no longer available. Particularly noteworthy is the information he has handed down on the use of light infantry during battle.
Its importance lies above all in the fact that his Strategikos is the most important source for the Strategikon of Maurikios , the Leonine military institutes of Leo VI. and represented the military writings of the Marshal of Saxony . Both Onasander's work and the writings he influenced are classics of martial arts literature.
Onasander is also said to have been a philosopher and to have written a commentary on Plato's dialogue Politeia . This news is probably based on an erroneous equation of the military writer with a Plato commentator of the same name.
literature
- Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, and Onasander. Translated by Illinois Greek Club (= Loeb Classical Library . 156 ). Heinemann, London / Cambridge, Massachusetts 1923, ISBN 0-674-99172-9 .
- Werner Hahlweg (Ed.): Classics of the art of war . Defense and knowledge, Darmstadt 1960.
- Werner Peters: Research on Onasander . Heinr. Trapp oGH., Bonn 1972.
- Albert A. Stahel : Classic Strategy. An evaluation . 4th edition. vdf Hochschulverlag, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-7281-2920-8 , p. 37-38 .
- Kai Brodersen : Onasandros: Good leadership / Strategikos. Greek and German. Marix, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-7374-1074-8 .
Web links
- Lacus Curtius (original text and English translation of the Loeb edition).
Remarks
- ↑ Richard Goulet: Onosandros. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques , Volume 4, Paris 2005, p. 782.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Onasander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ονάσανδρος (Greek); Onasandros |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek philosopher and military writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |