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Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀνάβασις 6.15.4

Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀνάβασις 6.15.4

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Ancient Greek

6.15.4

ἔνθα δὴ διαβιβάσας Κρατερόν τε καὶ τῆς στρατιᾶς τὴν πολλὴν καὶ τοὺς ἐλέφαντας ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ ποταμοῦ, ὅτι εὐπορώτερά τε ταύτῃ τὰ παρὰ τὸν ποταμὸν στρατιᾷ βαρείᾳ ἐφαίνετο καὶ τὰ ἔθνη τὰ προσοικοῦντα οὐ πάντῃ φίλια ἦν, αὐτὸς κατέπλει ἐς τῶν Σόγδων τὸ βασίλειον. καὶ ἐνταῦθα πόλιν τε ἐτείχιζεν ἄλλην καὶ νεωσοίκους ἐποίει ἄλλους καὶ τὰ πλοῖα αὐτῷ τὰ πεπονηκότα ἐπεσκευάσθη. τῆς δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ξυμβολῶν τοῦ τε Ἰνδοῦ καὶ Ἀκεσίνου χώρας ἔστε ἐπὶ θάλασσαν σατράπην ἀπέδεξε[ν Ὀξυάρτην καὶ] Πείθωνα ξὺν τῇ παραλίᾳ πάσῃ τῆς Ἰνδῶν γῆς.

He then appointed Oxyartes and Peithon satraps of the country which extended from the confluence of the Indus and Akesines to the sea, together with the whole sea-board of India.

John Watson McCrindle 1896, The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great (Arrian)

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