# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 7.20.3-4

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, 7.20.3 to 7.20.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/7.20.3

δύο δὲ νῆσοι κατὰ τὸ στόμα τοῦ Εὐφράτου πελάγιαι ἐξηγγέλλοντο αὐτῷ, ἡ μὲν πρώτη οὐ πρόσω τῶν ἐκβολῶν τοῦ Εὐφράτου, ἐς ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι σταδίους ἀπέχουσα ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰγιαλοῦ τε καὶ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ ποταμοῦ, μικροτέρα αὕτη καὶ δασεῖα λὕῃ παντοίᾳ· εἶναι δὲ ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ ἱερὸν Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ τοὺς οἰκήτορας αὐτῆς ἀμφὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τὴν δίαιταν ποιεῖσθαι· νέμεσθαί τε αὐτὴν αἰξί τε ἀγρίαις καὶ ἐλάφοις, καὶ ταύτας ἀνεῖσθαι ἀφέτους τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι, οὐδὲ εἶναι θέμις θήραν ποιεῖσθαι ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, ὅτι μὴ θῦσαί τινα τῇ θεῷ ἐθέλοντα ἐπὶ τῷδε θηρᾶν μόνον· ἐπὶ τῷδε γὰρ οὐκ εἶναι ἀθέμιτον.

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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/.