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Plutarch

Alexander Section 1

Section 332 of 377

Canonical reference 67.1

Ancient Greek

ἀναλαβὼν οὖν ἐνταῦθα τὴν δύναμιν ἐξώρμησε κώμῳ χρώμενος ἐφʼ ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ διὰ τῆς Καρμανίας, αὐτὸν μὲν οὖν ἵπποι σχέδην ἐκόμιζον ὀκτώ, μετὰ τῶν ἑταίρων ὑπὲρ θυμέλης ἐν ὑψηλῷ καὶ περιφανεῖ πλαισίῳ πεπηγυίας εὐωχούμενον συνεχῶς ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός· ἅμαξαι δὲ παμπληθεῖς, αἱ μὲν ἁλουργοῖς καὶ ποικίλοις περιβολαίοις, αἱ δʼ ὕλης ἀεὶ προσφάτου καὶ χλωρᾶς σκιαζόμεναι κλάδοις, εἵποντο τοὺς ἄλλους ἄγουσαι φίλους καὶ ἡγεμόνας ἐστεφανωμένους καὶ πίνοντας.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

Accordingly, after refreshing his forces here, he set out and marched for seven days through Carmania in a revelling rout. He himself was conveyed slowly along by eight horses, while he feasted day and night continuously with his companions on a dais built upon a lofty and conspicuous scaffolding of oblong shape; and waggons without number followed, some with purple and embroidered canopies, others protected from the sun by boughs of trees which were kept fresh and green, conveying the rest of his friends and commanders, who were all garlanded and drinking.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

Après avoir refait ici les forces de ses troupes, il partit et marcha durant sept jours à travers la Carmanie en un cortège de réjouissances. Lui-même était lentement transporté par huit chevaux, tandis qu'il festoyait sans interruption, jour et nuit, avec ses compagnons sur une estrade construite au sommet d'un échafaudage élevé, bien visible et de forme oblongue ; d'innombrables chariots suivaient, les uns surmontés de dais de pourpre brodés, les autres protégés du soleil par des branches d'arbres que l'on gardait fraîches et vertes, et transportaient le reste de ses amis et de ses commandants, tous couronnés de guirlandes et occupés à boire.

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