# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 4.20.3-4

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, 4.20.3 to 4.20.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/4.20.3

ἀλλʼ ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ, ὅτῳ ἐπιτέτραπται νέμειν τὰ βασιλέων πράγματα ἐν ἀνθρώποις, σὺ νῦν μάλιστα μὲν ἐμοὶ φύλαξον Περσῶν τε καὶ Μήδων τὴν ἀρχήν, ὥσπερ οὖν καὶ ἔδωκας· εἰ δὲ δὴ ἐγὼ οὐκέτι σοι βασιλεὺς τῆς Ἀσίας, σὺ δὲ μηδενὶ ἄλλῳ ὅτι μὴ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ παραδοῦναι τὸ ἐμὸν κράτος. οὕτως οὐδὲ πρὸς τῶν πολεμίων ἄρα ἀμελεῖται ὅσα σώφρονα ἔργα. Ὀξυάρτης δὲ ἀκούσας τοὺς παῖδας ἐχομένους, ἀκούσας δὲ καὶ ὑπὲρ Ῥωξάνης τῆς θυγατρὸς ὅτι μέλει αὐτῆς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ, θαρσήσας ἀφίκετο παρὰ Ἀλέξανδρον, καὶ ἦν ἐν τιμῇ παρʼ αὐτῷ, ᾗπερ εἰκὸς ἐπὶ ξυντυχίᾳ τοιαύτῃ.

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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/.