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This book begins with describing the long [[Sogdia | This book begins with describing the long [[Sogdia]]n campaign of 329–327 BC against [[Bessus]], [[Spitamenes]], and [[Oxyartes]], and the early stages of the [[Indian campaign of Alexander the Great|campaigns in the Punjab]] (327–326 BC), with a notable departure from chronological sequence at 4.7–14, where Arrian collects many of the most notorious stories tending to Alexander's discredit in a single apologetic digression (the killing of [[Cleitus the Black|Cleitus]], the [[proskynesis]] affair, the pages' conspiracy and the death of [[Callisthenes]]). | ||
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The journey down the [[Indus River|Indus]] to the [[Indian Ocean]] (326–325 BC) is described, including the increasingly brutal violence inflicted on the local inhabitants by the Macedonians ''en route'' (notably at the Malli town), and the crossing of the [[Gedrosia | The journey down the [[Indus River|Indus]] to the [[Indian Ocean]] (326–325 BC) is described, including the increasingly brutal violence inflicted on the local inhabitants by the Macedonians ''en route'' (notably at the Malli town), and the crossing of the [[Gedrosia]]n Desert (325–324 BC). | ||
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==Modern editions== | ==Modern editions== | ||
The only complete English translation of Arrian available online is a rather antiquated translation by E.J. Chinnock, published in 1884.<ref name=":0" /> The original Greek text used by the [[Perseus Tufts|Perseus Digital Library]] is the standard [[A.G. Roos]] [[Bibliotheca Teubneriana|Teubner edition]] published at [[Leipzig# | The only complete English translation of Arrian available online is a rather antiquated translation by E.J. Chinnock, published in 1884.<ref name=":0" /> The original Greek text used by the [[Perseus Tufts|Perseus Digital Library]] is the standard [[A.G. Roos]] [[Bibliotheca Teubneriana|Teubner edition]] published at [[Leipzig#20th century|Leipzig]] in 1907.<ref>Arrian. A.G. Roos – [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0530 Anabasis] Tufts University and Leipzig University [Retrieved 2015-05-07]</ref> | ||
Probably the most widely used scholarly English translation is [[Loeb Classical Library |Loeb Classical Library edition]] (with facing Greek text), in two volumes.<ref>P. A. Brunt, Arrian – [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674992603 Anabasis of Alexander, Volume I] Loeb Classical Library 236 [Retrieved 2015-05-07]</ref> The work first appeared in 1929 and was later revised with a new introduction and appendices by [[Peter Brunt|P.A. Brunt]] in 1976. | Probably the most widely used scholarly English translation is [[Loeb Classical Library |Loeb Classical Library edition]] (with facing Greek text), in two volumes.<ref>P. A. Brunt, Arrian – [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674992603 Anabasis of Alexander, Volume I] Loeb Classical Library 236 [Retrieved 2015-05-07]</ref> The work first appeared in 1929 and was later revised with a new introduction and appendices by [[Peter Brunt|P.A. Brunt]] in 1976. | ||