# Acies Contra Alanos 25

Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos, Section 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/acies-contra-alanos/25

οὕτω δὲ ταχθέντων σιγὴ ἔστω ἔστʼ ἂν πελάσωσιν ἐντὸς βέλους οἱ πολέμιοι· πελαζόντων δὲ ἤδη ὡς μέγιστον καὶ φοβερώτατον ἀλαλάζειν σύμπαντας τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ, καὶ βέλη τε ἀπὸ μηχανῶν καὶ λίθους ἀφίεσθαι καὶ βέλη ἀπὸ τόξων, καὶ τὰς λόγχας οἱ λογχοφόροι ἀκοντιζόντων, οἵ τε ψιλοὶ καὶ οἱ θειασταί. φερέσθων δὲ καὶ λίθοι ἐς τοὺς πολεμίους ἀπὸ τοῦ συμμαχικοῦ ἐκ τῶν ὑπερδεξίων, καὶ τὸ πᾶν ἀκροβολισμὸς ἔστω πανταχόθεν ὡς ἔνι πυκνότατος ἐς τάραξίν τε τῶν ἵππων καὶ ὄλεθρον τῶν ἱππέων.

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Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos, ed. Rudolf Hercher, Alfred Eberhard. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0074.tlg006.local001/.