[8]
Then, after encamping there during that day, on the next and the succeeding days he advanced through Sophené. He wrought no harm to the inhabitants, who came to meet him and received his army gladly. Nay, when his soldiers wanted to take a certain fortress which was thought to contain much wealth,
‘Yonder lies the fortress which we must rather bring low,’ said he, pointing to the Taurus in the distance;
‘these nearer things are reserved for the victors.’ Then he went on by forced marches, crossed the Tigris, and entered Armenia.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.