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καλὰ μὲν οὖν Ἀλεξάνδρου τὰ ἐπὶ Γρανίκῳ καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ Ἰσσῷ καὶ ἡ πρὸς Ἀρβήλοις μάχη καὶ Δαρεῖος ἡττημένος καὶ Πέρσαι δουλεύοντες Μακεδόσι: καλὰ δὲ καὶ τὰ τῆς ἄλλης ἁπάσης Ἀσίας νενικημένης, καὶ Ἰνδοὶ δὲ καὶ οὗτοι Ἀλεξάνδρῳ πειθόμενοι: καλὸν δὲ καὶ τὸ πρὸς τῇ Τύρῳ καὶ τὰ ἐν Ὀξυδράκαις καὶ τὰ ἄλλα αὐτοῦ. τί γὰρ δεῖ νῦν στενοχωρίᾳ λόγου περιλαμβάνειν τοσαύτην ἀνδρὸς ἐς ὅπλα ἀρετήν; ἔστω δὲ καὶ τῆς Τύχης Ἀλέξανδρον ἀγαπώσης τὰ πλεῖστα, εἴ τις εἴη δύσερις. καλὸς δ᾽ οὖν Ἀλέξανδρος μὴ ἡττώμενος τῆς Τύχης, μηδὲ πρὸς τὴν ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐς αὐτὸν [p. 52] προθυμίαν ἀπαγορεύων. ἐκεῖνα δὲ οὐκέτι καλὰ Ἀλεξάνδρου. δίου μηνός φασι πέμπτῃ ἔπινε παρὰ Μηδίῳ, εἶτα ἕκτῃ ἐκάθευδεν ἐκ τοῦ πότου, καὶ τοσοῦτον ἐκείνης τῆς ἡμέρας ἔζησεν, ὅσον ἀναστὰς χρηματίσαι τοῖς ἡγεμόσιν ὑπὲρ τῆς αὔριον πορείας, λέγων ὅτι ἔσται πρωί. καὶ ἑβδόμῃ εἱστιᾶτο παρὰ Περδίκκᾳ, καὶ ἔπινε πάλιν, καὶ ὀγδόῃ ἐκάθευδε. πέμπτῃ δὲ ἐπὶ δέκα τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς καὶ ταύτῃ ἔπινε, καὶ τῇ ἑπομένῃ τὰ εἰθισμένα ἔδρα τὰ ἐκ τοῦ πότου. παρὰ Βαγώᾳ δὲ ἐδείπνησε τετράδι μετὰ εἰκάδα: ἀπεῖχε δὲ τῶν βασιλείων ὁ Βαγώα οἶκος δέκα σταδίους: εἶτα τῇ τρίτῃ ἐκάθευδε. δυοῖν οὖν θάτερον, ἢ Ἀλέξανδρος κακῶς τοσαύτας τοῦ μηνὸς ἡμέρας ἑαυτὸν ζημιοῖ διὰ τὸν οἶνον, ἢ οἱ ταῦτα ἀναγράψαντες ψεύδονται. ἔξεστι δὲ ἐκ τούτων ἐννοεῖν καὶ τοῦ λοιποῦ χρόνου τὰ ὅμοια αὐτοὺς λέγοντας, ὧν καὶ Εὐμένης ὁ Καρδιανὸς καὶ ἐκεῖνός ἐστι.
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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