# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 3.29.4

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, Book 3, Chapter 29. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/3.29.4

ἄλλως τε καὶ ἀπορία ὕλης ἐν τοῖς πόνοις ἦν καὶ τριβὴ πολλὴ ἐφαίνετο, εἰ μακρόθεν μετίοιεν ὅσα ἐς γεφύρωσιν τοῦ πόρου. ξυναγαγὼν οὖν τὰς διφθέρας, ὑφʼ αἷς ἐσκήνουν οἱ στρατιῶται, φορυτοῦ ἐμπλῆσαί ἐκέλευσεν ὡς ξηροτάτου καὶ καταδῆσαί τε καὶ ξυρράψαι ἀκριβῶς, τοῦ μὴ ἐσδύεσθαι ἐς αὐτὰς τοῦ ὕδατος. ἐμπλησθεῖσαι δὲ καὶ ξυρραφεῖσαι ἱκαναὶ ἐγένοντο διαβιβάσαι τὴν στρατιὰν ἐν πέντε ἡμέραις.

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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.
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