# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 2.8.1

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, Book 2, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/2.8.1

ὁ δὲ τότε μὲν δειπνοποιεῖσθαι παραγγέλλει, προπέμπει δὲ ὡς ἐπὶ τὰς πύλας τῶν τε ἱππέων ὀλίγους καὶ τῶν τοξοτῶν προκατασκεψομένους τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ὀπίσω [ὡς ἐπὶ τὰς πύλας]· καὶ αὐτὸς τῆς νυκτὸς ἀναλαβὼν τὴν στρατιὰν πᾶσαν ᾔει, ὡς κατασχεῖν αὗθις τὰς πύλας.

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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/.