1854.] 



Gradiis ad Aornon, 



317 



Arrian. 

 that district according to their 

 judgment. 



" xxiv. But he, leading the 

 shieldbearers and the archers and 

 the Agrians and the corps of 

 Koinosand Attalos, and the squa- 

 dron of horse and more than four 

 Ipparchsofthe other companions 

 and half the mounted archers, 

 advanced to the river Euaspla, 

 where was the Uparch of the As- 

 pasioi and,having passed over much 

 ground, the next day approached 

 the city. But the barbarians, 

 perceiving his approach, set fire to 

 the city and fled to the mountain." 

 Many were slaughtered ere they 

 could reach the rugged country, 

 and Ptolemy, seeing their leader on 

 a hill, attacked and slew him, and 

 spoiled him after a hard contest 

 for the body : overpassing the 

 mountain, Alexander arrived at a 

 city called Arigaios or Arigaion. 

 " There also the army of Krateros 

 rejoined him, having fulfilled all 

 the king's commands. And he di- 

 rected Krateros to re-people that 

 city which he deemed convenient 

 for a colony with volunteers of 

 that neighbourhood and with the 

 sick of the army." 



He then pursued the fugitives 

 and encamped at the foot of the 

 mountain which they occupied. 

 And Ptolemy, being sent to forage, 



Curtius. 

 king ascertaining the situation of t 

 the mountain from the inhabit- 

 ants, having sent on refreshments 

 climbed to the summit. Many 

 ivies and vines are produced 

 throughout the mountain, peren- 

 nial springs abound. The juices 

 of the fruits also are various and 

 wholesome, the earth fostering the 

 fruits of chance sown seeds. Lau- 

 rels also and berries and much 

 rural wood are found in those 

 rocks. I think indeed that 

 moved by no divine impulse but 

 by wantonness they wandered 

 through that grove, crowned with 

 ivy and vine leaves like Bac- 

 channals. The mountain ridge 

 and hills resounded with the 

 voices of the many thousands 

 adoring the presiding deity of 

 that grove. Then licence arising 

 as generally happens, spread 

 throughout the whole band. For 

 in mid-march they prostrated their 

 bodies upon the grass and ga- 

 thered boughs. And the king not 

 averse from casual indulgence, 

 feasted, abundantly, the whole 

 band, devoting the army for ten 

 days to the service of Father 

 Bacchus, &c. 



Thence he arrived at a region 



called Dsedala. The inhabitants 



quitted their dwellings and fled 



together to the pathless and 



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