# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 4.25.7

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, Book 4, Chapter 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/4.25.7

καὶ τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν ἐπώνυμον τῆς χώρας τὸν Γουραῖον χαλεπῶς διέβη, διὰ βαθύτητά τε καὶ ὅτι ὀξὺς ὁ ῥοῦς ἦν αὐτῷ καὶ οἱ λίθοι στρογγύλοι ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ ὄντες σφαλεροὶ τοῖς ἐπιβαίνουσιν ἐγίγνοντο. οἱ δὲ βάρβαροι ὡς προσάγοντα ᾔσθοντο Ἀλέξανδρον, ἀθρόοι μὲν ἐς μάχην καταστῆναι οὐκ ἐτόλησαν, διαλυθέντες δὲ ὡς ἕκαστοι κατὰ πόλεις ταύτας ἐπενόουν ἀπομαχόμενοι διασώζειν. καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος πρῶτα μὲν ἐπὶ Μάσσαγα ἦγε, τὴν

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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/.