# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 1.21.5

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, Book 1, Chapter 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/1.21.5

καὶ τούτῳ ἐπῆγε τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ τὰς μηχανὰς Ἀλέξανδρος· καὶ ἐκδρομὴ αὖθις γίγνεται τῶν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐπὶ τῷ ἐμπρῆσαι τὰς μηχανάς. καὶ μέρος μέν τι τῶν πλησίον τοῦ τείχους γέρρων καὶ ἑνὸς τῶν πύργων τῶν ξυλίνων κατεκαύθη, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα διεφύλαξαν οἱ περὶ Φιλώταν τε καὶ Ἑλλάνικον, οἷς ἡ φυλακὴ αὐτῶν ἐπετέτραπτο· ὡς δὲ καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος ἐπεφάνη ἐν τῇ ἐκδρομῇ, τάς τε δᾷδας, ὅσας ἔχοντες ἐκβεβοηθήκεσαν, ἀφέντες καὶ τὰ ὅπλα οἱ πολλοὶ αὐτῶν ῥίψαντες εἴσω τοῦ τείχους ἔφευγον.

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Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, ed. A. G. Roos. 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.tlg001.local001/.