[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Roman Imperial (31 BCE – 330 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman) › [Γεωγραφικά](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo) › 15.2.4 # Γεωγραφικά 15.2.4 Γεωγραφικά 15.2.4 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [15.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2.4) τριχῇ γὰρ διελὼν τὰς δυνάμεις, τῇ μὲν αὐτὸς ὥρμησε διὰ τῆς Γεδρωσίας, ἀφιστάμενος τῆς θαλάττης τὸ πλεῖστον πεντακοσίους σταδίους, ἵνʼ ἅμα καὶ τῷ ναυτικῷ τὴν παραλίαν ἐπιτηδείαν παρασκευάζοι, πολλάκις δὲ καὶ συνάπτων τῇ θαλάττῃ καίπερ ἀπόρους καὶ τραχείας ἐχούσῃ τὰς ἀκτάς· τὴν δὲ προέπεμψε μετὰ Κρατεροῦ διὰ τῆς μεσογαίας, ἅμα χειρουμένου τε τὴν Ἀριανὴν καὶ προϊόντος ἐπὶ τοὺς αὐτοὺς τόπους ἐφʼ οὓς Ἀλέξανδρος τὴν πορείαν εἶχε· τὸ δὲ ναυτικὸν Νεάρχῳ καὶ Ὀνησικρίτῳ τῷ ἀρχικυβερνήτῃ παραδοὺς ἐκέλευσεν οἰκείας στάσεως ἐπιλαμβανομένους ἐπακολουθεῖν καὶ ἀντιπαραπλεῖν αὐτοῦ τῇ πορείᾳ. > Having separated his forces into three divisions, he set out with one division through Gedrosia, keeping at the utmost from the sea not more than 500 stadia, in order to secure the coast for his fleet; but he frequently approached the sea-side, although the beach was impracticable and rugged. The second division he sent forward under the command of Craterus through the interior, with a view of reducing Ariana, and of proceeding to the same places to which he himself was directing his march. (The third division), the fleet he intrusted to Nearchus and Onesicritus, his master pilot, giving them orders to take up convenient positions in following him, and to sail along the coast parallel to his line of march. > — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, The Geography of Strabo - [Previous: 15.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2.3) - [Next: 15.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2.5) - [Up: 15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Geography of Strabo](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo~en-hamilton-falconer.15.2.4) — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, English - [Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature (Strabo, book 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo~en-mccrindle.15.2.4) — John Watson McCrindle 1901, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2.4) · Pramāṇa