Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war. Above all, we are free men, and… — Arrian Copy Share Image
Do not try to lead men who are unwilling to follow you; if their heart is not in it, you will never find the… — Arrian Copy Share Image
They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the close of their toils, and were, moreover, no longer in… — Arrian Copy Share Image
Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury; ... [and]… — Arrian Copy Share Image
“All the authorities, however, agree as to the following facts:—that until the third day after Hephaestion’s death, Alexander neither tasted food nor paid any… — Arrian Copy Share Image
“At this point Alexander was visited by envoys from Syrmus, the King of the Triballians, and from the various other independent tribes along the… — Arrian Copy Share Image
“When he had made all the necessary preparations the army began to embark at the approach of the dawn; while according to custom he… — Arrian Copy Share Image
Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been… — Arrian Copy Share Image
They, astounded at the flash of the armor, and the swiftness of the charge, and attacked by showers of arrows and missiles, half naked… — Arrian Copy Share Image
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