# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 3.18.3-4

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, 3.18.3 to 3.18.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/3.18.3

τῇ δὲ ὑστεραίᾳ ξυντάξας τὴν στρατιὰν ἐπῆγε τῷ τείχει. ὡς δὲ ἄπορόν τε διὰ δυσχωρίαν ἐφαίνετο αἱρεθῆναι καὶ πολλὰς πληγὰς οἱ ἀμφʼ αὐτὸν ἐλάμβανον ἐξ ὑπερδεξίου τε χωρίου καὶ ἀπὸ μηχανῶν βαλλόμενοι, τότε μὲν ἀποχωρεῖ ἐς τὸ στρατόπεδον· τῶν δὲ αἰχμαλώτων φρασάντων ἄλλην ὁδὸν περιάξειν αὐτόν, ὡς εἴσω παρελθεῖν τῶν πυλῶν, ἐπεὶ τραχεῖαν τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ στενὴν ἐπύθετο, Κρατερὸν μὲν αὐτοῦ καταλείπει ἐπὶ στρατοπέδου τήν τε αὐτοῦ τάξιν ἔχοντα καὶ τὴν Μελεάγρου καὶ τῶν τοξοτῶν ὀλίγους καὶ τῶν ἱππέων ἐς πεντακοσίους, καὶ προστάττει αὐτῷ,

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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/.