# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 6.26.4

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, Book 6, Chapter 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/6.26.4

ξυνηνέχθη δέ τι καὶ τοιόνδε τῇ στρατιᾷ ἐν τῇ γῇ ἐκείνῃ. οἱ γὰρ ἡγεμόνες τῆς ὁδοῦ τελευτῶντες οὐκέτι μεμνῆσθαι ἔφασκον τὴν ὁδόν, ἀλλʼ ἀφανισθῆναι τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῆς πρὸς τοῦ ἀνέμου ἐπιπνεύσαντος· καὶ — οὐ γὰρ εἶναι ἐν τῇ ψάμμῳ πολλῇ τε καὶ ὁμοίᾳ πάντῃ νενημένῃ ὅτῳ τεκμηριώσονται τὴν ὁδόν, οὔτʼ οὖν δένδρα ξυνήθη παρʼ αὐτὴν πεφυκότα, οὔτε τινὰ γήλοφον βέβαιον ἀνεστηκότα· οὐδὲ πρὸς τὰ ἄστρα ἐν νυκτὶ ἢ μεθʼ ἡμέραν πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον μεμελετῆσθαί σφισι τὰς πορείας, καθάπερ τοῖς ναύταις πρὸς τῶν ἄρκτων τὴν μὲν Φοίνιξι, τὴν ὀλίγην, τὴν δὲ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀνθρώποις, τὴν μείζονα· —

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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/.