Arrian
Arrian
Arrian of Nicomediawas a historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionHistorian
longer provisions spoil therefore
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 any difficulty about provisions on their coasting cruise.
arrows astounded attacked gave half stopped
They, astounded at the flash of the armor, and the swiftness of the charge, and attacked by showers of arrows and missiles, half naked as they were, never stopped to resist but gave way.
leader greek done
Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury; ... [and] I have been appointed leader of the Greeks ...