# Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 7.21.5

Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις, Book 7, Chapter 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arrian/text/7.21.5

ἀλλὰ ἀπεφράσσοντο γὰρ αἱ ἐς τὸν Πολλακόπαν τοῦ Εὐφράτου ἐκβολαὶ πρὸς τοῦ σατράπου τῆς Βαβυλωνίας πολλῷ πόνῳ, καίπερ οὐ χαλεπῶς ἀναστομούμεναι, ὅτι ἰλυώδης τε ἡ ταύτῃ γῆ καὶ πηλὸς ἡ πολλὴ αὐτῆς, οἵα δεχομένη τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ ποταμοῦ μὴ εὐμαρῆ τὴν ἀποστροφὴν αὐτοῦ παρέχειν· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐς τρίτον μῆνα Ἀσσυρίων ἄνδρες ὑπὲρ τοὺς μυρίους ἐν τῷδε τῷ πόνῳ ξυνείχοντο. ταῦτα ἀπαγγελθέντα ἐπήγαγεν Ἀλέξανδρον ὠφελῆσαί τι τὴν χώραν τὴν Ἀσσυρίαν.

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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/.