The Anabasis of Alexander; Or, the History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great. Literally Translated, with a Commentary, from the Greek of Arrian, the Nicomedian
The Anabasis of Alexander; Or, the History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great. Literally Translated, with a Commentary, from the Greek of Arrian, the Nicomedian
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ... afterwards killed. 1 This was Maracanda, according to iii. 30 supra. There is an error in the text; Abicht proposes to read M rd fl/i, a, instead of it rd /3air/X-a. s This river is now called Sogd, or Kohik. The Greek name signifies "very precious," a translation of the native name. Cf. Strabo, p. 518. CHAPTER VI. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ... afterwards killed. 1 This was Maracanda, according to iii. 30 supra. There is an error in the text; Abicht proposes to read M rd fl/i, a, instead of it rd /3air/X-a. s This river is now called Sogd, or Kohik. The Greek name signifies "very precious," a translation of the native name. Cf. Strabo, p. 518. CHAPTER VI. Spitamenes Driven Into The Desert. But Aristobulus says the greater part of this army was destroyed by an ambuscade, the Scythians having hidden themselves in a park and fallen upon the Macedonians from their place of concealment, when Pharnuches was in the very act of retiring from the command in favour of the Macedonians who had been sent with him, on the ground of his not being skilled in military affairs, and of his having been sent by Alexander rather to win the favour of the barbarians than to take the supreme command in battles. He also alleged that the Macedonian Spitamenea Driven into the Desert. 215 officers present were the king's Companions. But Andromachus, Menedemns, and Caranus declined to accept the chief command, partly because it did not seem right to make any alteration on their own responsibility contrary to Alexander's instructions to them, and partly because in the very crisis of danger, they were unwilling, if they met with any defeat, not only individually to take a share of the blame, but also collectively to exercise the command unsuccessfully. In this confusion and disorder the barbarians fell upon them, and cut them all off, so that not more than forty horsemen and 300 foot preserved their lives.1 When the report of this reached Alexander, he was chagrined at the loss of his soldiers, and resolved to march with all speed against Spitamenes and his barbarian adherents. He therefore took half of the Compan...
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