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Plutarch

Alexander Section 1

Section 336 of 377

Canonical reference 68.1

Ancient Greek

ἐνταῦθα τῶν περὶ Νέαρχον ἀναβάντων πρὸς αὐτόν ἡσθεὶς καὶ διακούσας τὰ περὶ τὸν πλοῦν, ὥρμησεν αὐτὸς πλεύσας κατὰ τὸν Εὐφράτην στόλῳ μεγάλῳ, εἶτα περὶ τὴν Ἀραβίαν καὶ τὴν Λιβύην παρακομισθείς διὰ στηλῶν Ἡρακλείων ἐμβαλεῖν εἰς τὴν ἐντὸς θάλασσαν, καὶ πλοῖα παντοδαπὰ περὶ Θάψακον ἐπήγνυτο, καὶ συνήγοντο ναῦται καὶ κυβερνῆται πανταχόθεν.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

Here Nearchus came up to meet him, and Alexander was so delighted to hear of his voyage that he eagerly desired to sail down the Euphrates himself with a large fleet and then, after circumnavigating Arabia and Africa, to enter the Mediterranean by way of the pillars of Heracles. And vessels of every sort were built for him at Thapsacus, and sailors and pilots were assembled from all parts.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Néarque vint ici à sa rencontre, et Alexandre fut si ravi d'entendre le récit de son voyage qu'il désira vivement descendre lui-même l'Euphrate avec une grande flotte, puis, après avoir contourné l'Arabie et l'Afrique, entrer dans la Méditerranée par les colonnes d'Héraclès. On lui construisit à Thapsaque des navires de toute sorte, et des marins ainsi que des pilotes furent rassemblés de toutes parts.

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