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101–200 · 2nd-century Greek author and rhetorician
Also known as: Polyainos, Polyaen, Polyænus, Polyän, Polyänus, Полиэн
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- Polyænus's Stratagems of war
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- Polyaeni Strategematon libri octo ex recensione Eduard Woelfflin