# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 2.23.5-6

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, 2.23.5 to 2.23.6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/2.23.5

καὶ ταύτῃ πρῶτον ᾗ ἐπετέτακτο Ἀλέξανδρος ἐλήφθη τὸ τεῖχος, οὐ χαλεπῶς ἀποκρουσθέντων ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τῶν Τυρίων, ἐπειδὴ πρῶτον βεβαίῳ τε καὶ ἅμα οὐ πάντῃ ἀποτόμῳ τῇ προσβάσει ἐχρήσαντο οἱ Μακεδόνες. καὶ Ἄδμητος μὲν πρῶτος ἐπιβὰς τοῦ τείχους καὶ τοῖς ἀμφʼ αὑτὸν ἐγκελευόμενος ἐπιβαίνειν βληθεὶς λόγχῃ ἀποθνήσκει αὐτοῦ· ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτῷ Ἀλέξανδρος ἔσχε τὸ τεῖχος ξὺν τοῖς ἑταίροις. ὡς δὲ εἴχοντο αὐτῷ πύργοι τε ἔστιν οἳ καὶ μεταπύργια, αὐτὸς μὲν παρῄει διὰ τῶν ἐπάλξεων ὡς ἐπὶ τὰ βασίλεια, ὅτι ταύτῃ εὐπορωτέρα ἐφαίνετο ἐς τὴν πόλιν ἡ κάθοδος.

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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/.