Ἰνδική 18.1: Nearchus' voyage from the Indus to Susa

18.1

Ἀλέξανδρος γάρ, ἐπειδή οἱ παρεσκεύαστο τὸ ναυτικὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ Ὑδάσπεω τῇσιν ὄχθῃσιν, ἐπιλεγόμενος ὅσοι τε Φοίνικες καὶ ὅσοι Κύπριοι καὶ Αἰγύπτιοι εἵποντο ἐν τῇ ἄνω στρατηλασίῃ, ἐκ τούτων ἐπλήρου τὰς νέας, ὑπηρεσίας τε αὐτῇσι καὶ ἐρέτας ἐπιλεγόμενος ὅσοι τῶν θαλασσίων ἔργων δαήμονες.

1. Hephaistion, son of Amyntor. 2. Leonnatos, son of Anteas. 3. Lysimakhos, son of Agathokles. 4. Asklepiodoros, son of Timander. 5. Arkhon, son of Kleinias.
Demonikos, son of Athenaios. Arkhias, son of Anaxidotos. Ophellas, son of Seilênos. Timanthês, son of Pantiadês.
Of Amphipolis. 10. Nearkhos, son of Androtimos, who wrote a narrative of the voyage. 11. Laomedon, son of Larikhos. 12. Androsthenês, son of Kallistratos.
Of Orestis. 13. Krateros, son of Alexander. 14. Perdikkas, son of Orontes.
Of Eordaia. 15. Ptolemaios, son of Lagos. 16. Aristonous, son of Peisaios.
Of Pydna. 17. Metron, son of Epikharmos. 18. Nikarkhidês, son of Simos.
Of Stymphaia. 19. Attalos, son of Andromenês.
Of Mieza. 20. Peukestas, son of Alexander.
Of Alkomenai. 21. Peithon, son of Krateuas.
Of Aigai. 22. Leonnatos, son of Antipater.
Of Aloros. 23. Pantoukhos, son of Nikolaos.
Of Beroia. 24. Mylleas, son of Zoilos.
All these were Makedonians.
Greeks,—of Larisa: Mêdios, son of Oxynthemis.
Of Kardia.
26. Eumenés, son of Hierénymos.
Of Kos. 27. Kritoboulos, son of Plato.
Of Magnésia: 28. Thoas, son of Ménodoros. 29. Maiander, son of Mandrogenés.
Of Teos: 30. Andron, son of Kabélas.
Of Soloi in Cyprus: 31. Nikokleés, son of Pasikratés.
Of Salamis in Cyprus: 32. Nithaphon, son of Pnutagoras.
A Persian was also appointed as a Trierarch: 33. Bagoas, son of Pharnoukhés.
The Pilot and Master of Alexander’s own ship was Onésikritos of Astypalaia, and the Secretary-General of the fleet Euagoras, the son of Eukleón, a Corinthian. Nearkhos, the son of Androtimos, a Kretan by birth, but a citizen of Amphipolis on the Strymon was appointed as Admiral of the expedition.
When these dispositions had been all completed, Alexander sacrificed to his ancestral gods, and to such as had been indicated by the oracle; also to Poseidón and Amphitrité and the Néreids, and to Okeanos himself, and to the River Hydaspés, from which he was setting forth on his enterprise; and to the Akesinés into which the Hydaspés pours its stream, and to the Indus which receives both these rivers. He further celebrated the occasion by holding contests in music and gymnastics, and by distributing to the whole army, rank by rank, the sacrificial victims.