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[5] Ἀλέξανδρος δὲ ὡς τὸν Τίγρητα ποταμὸν ξὺν τῇ στρατιᾷ διέβη ἐλαύνων ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνος, ἐνταῦθα ἐντυγχάνουσιν [p. 314] αὐτῷ Χαλδαίων οἱ λόγιοι, καὶ ἀπαγαγόντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἑταίρων ἐδέοντο ἐπισχεῖν τὴν ἐπὶ Βαβυλῶνος ἔλασιν. λόγιον γὰρ γεγονέναι σφίσιν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ Βήλου μὴ πρὸς ἀγαθοῦ οἱ εἶναι τὴν πάροδον τὴν ἐς Βαβυλῶνα ἐν τῷ τότε. τὸν δὲ ἀποκρίνασθαι αὐτοῖς 1 λόγος τοῦ Εὐριπίδου τοῦ ποιητοῦ ἔπος:

1 Eurip. fr. 963 N

Flavii Arriani Anabasis Alexandri. Arrian. A.G. Roos. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1907. Keyboarding.

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