The Anabasis of Alexander
by Arrian
Translated by E. J. Chinnock
- Length
- 54 mornings, about 2,000 words a reading
About the book
The Anabasis of Alexander is the main surviving ancient account of the campaigns of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king who conquered the Persian Empire and reached India. Its author, Arrian, was a Greek writer and Roman official of the second century AD, writing more than four hundred years after Alexander’s death. In his preface he explains that he relies chiefly on the histories of two men who served with Alexander, Ptolemy, son of Lagus, and Aristobulus, and that where they differ he chooses the account that seems more credible. This is E. J. Chinnock’s translation, published in London in 1884.
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