# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 3.19.3-4

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, 3.19.3 to 3.19.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/3.19.3

ὅτι ἐγνωκὼς εἴη Δαρεῖος ἀπαντᾶν τε αὐτῷ ὡς ἐς μάχην καὶ αὖθις διακινδυνεύειν, Σκύθας τε γὰρ αὐτῷ ἥκειν καὶ Καδουσίους συμμάχους, τὰ μὲν ὑποζύγια καὶ τοὺς τούτων φύλακας καὶ τὴν ἄλλην κατασκευὴν ἕπεσθαι ἐκέλευσε, τὴν στρατιὰν δὲ τὴν ἄλλην ἀναλαβὼν ἦγεν ἐσταλμένους ὡς ἐς μάχην. καὶ ἀφικνεῖται δωδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐς Μηδίαν. ἔνθα ἔμαθεν οὐκ οὖσαν ἀξιόμαχον δύναμιν Δαρείῳ οὐδὲ Καδουσίους ἢ Σκύθας αὐτῷ συμμάχους ἥκοντας, ἀλλʼ ὅτι φεύγειν ἐγνωκὼς εἴη Δαρεῖος· ὁ δὲ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἦγε σπουδῇ. ὡς δὲ ἀπεῖχεν Ἐκβατάνων ὅσον τριῶν ἡμερῶν ὁδόν, ἐνταῦθα ἀπήντα αὐτῷ Βισθάνης ὁ Ὤχου παῖς τοῦ πρὸ Δαρείου βασιλεύσαντος Περσῶν·

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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/.