When the Macedonians invaded Attica, 1 and were devastating the land near the sea, he led out the men of military age. Soon many were thronging about him and strongly urging him to ‘ take possession of that hill over there,’ to ‘draw up his forces here.’ ‘Great Heavens,’ he said, ‘how many generals do I see and how few soldiers !’ Nevertheless, he engaged the enemy, and overcame them, and slew Micion the Macedonian commander. 2
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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