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[6] οἱ πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ πίνοντες, ὁπότε ἐκ καύματός τε καὶ δίψους ὕδατι ἀθρόῳ ἐπιτύχοιεν, πρὸς αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀπαύστου ποτοῦ ἀπώλλυντο. καὶ τούτων ἕνεκα Ἀλέξανδρος τὰς στρατοπεδείας οὐ πρὸς τοῖς ὕδασιν αὐτοῖς τὸ πολὺ ἐποιεῖτο, ἀλλὰ ἀπέχων ὅσον εἴκοσι σταδίους μάλιστα, ὡς μὴ ἀθρόους ἐμπίπτοντας τῷ ὕδατι αὐτούς τε καὶ κτήνη ἀπόλλυσθαι καὶ ἅμα τοὺς μάλιστα ἀκράτορας σφῶν ἐπεμβαίνοντας ἐς τὰς πηγὰς ἢ τὰ ῥεύματα διαφθείρειν καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ στρατιᾷ τὸ ὕδωρ.
Flavii Arriani Anabasis Alexandri. Arrian. A.G. Roos. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1907. Keyboarding.
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