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Qradus ad Aornon. 



[No. 4. 



Arrian. 

 on the mountain, not being con- 

 tented to guard the post : the 

 Indians being thus attacked on 

 both sides would be perplexed." 

 And he at day break (5th morn- 

 ing) having got under arms from 

 camp, led on the army to the 

 ascent by which Ptolemy had 

 climbed unseen ; being of opinion, 

 that if thus ascending he could 

 form a junction with Ptolemy's 

 force the work would be far 

 from difficult to him. And thus 

 it proved, for at mid-day ensued 

 a stout battle between the In- 

 dians and the Macedonians, these 

 endeavoring to force the ascent, 

 those striving to hurl them back. 

 And when the Macedonians were 

 not prevented, one succeeding 

 another whilst the foremost re- 

 freshed; with difficulty toward 

 the cool, of the day (evening) 

 they mastered the passage and 

 formed a junction with Ptolemy's 

 force. Thence when the army 

 were come up, he again led them 



Curtius. 

 they had somewhat failed of their 

 engagement. The government of 

 the rock and of the adjoining 

 region was made over to Sisocostos. 

 12. Thencehe proceeded toEmbo- 

 lima, and when he discovered 

 that the straits of his road were 

 beset by one Eryx with 20,000 

 armed men, he made over the 

 heavier battalion of the army to 

 Coenus to be led by gentle march- 

 es, whilst he, advancing with the 

 slingers and archers, drove out 

 those who beset the forest and 

 opened a road to the army 

 following him. The Indians, 

 whether of hatred to their lead- 

 er or to curry favor of the con- 

 queror king, attacking the flying 

 Eryx, slew him and brought his 

 head and his arms to Alexander. 

 He gave impunity to the deed, 

 but denied honor to the example. 

 Hence he arrived at the Indus 

 in sixteen marches and found all 

 prepared by Hephaistion for the 

 passage according to his orders. 



to that rock, for the ascent was still difficult. The same day however, 

 he completed his object, on the morning (6th) he allotted to each 

 camp to cut palisades a hundred per man : and they were cutting 

 them and he raised a mound commencing on the crest of the ridge 

 where they were encamped even to the rock, a large mound (or trench) 

 thence it seemed to him possible to reach the defenders with his 

 arrows, and the darts might be hurled from the engine. And they dug 

 for him, each working in turn, and he stood a witnesser and praiser of 

 that performed with enthusiasm, but the prompt chastiser of neglect. 



