Arrian
Book 10
§1 λέγεται δὲ καὶ τάδε, μνημήια ὅτι Ἰνδοὶ τοῖσι τελευτήσασιν οὐ ποιέουσιν, ἀλλὰ τὰς ἀρετὰς γὰρ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἱκανὰς ἐς μνήμην τίθενται τοῖσιν ἀποθανοῦσι καὶ τὰς ᾠδὰς εἳ αὐτοῖσιν ἐπᾴδονται.
§2 πολίων δὲ ἀριθμὸν οὐκ εἶναι ἂν ἀτρεκὲς ἀναγράψαι τῶ Ἰνδικῶν ὑπὸ πλήθεος. ταύτας μὲν ξυλίνας ποιέεσθαι·
§3 οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἐκ πλίνθου ποιεομένας διαρκέσαι ἐπὶ χρόνον τοῦ τε ὕδατος εἵνεκα τοῦ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὅτι οἱ ποταμοὶ αὐτοῖσιν ὑπερβάλλοντες ὑπὲρ τὰς ὄχθας ἐμπιμπλᾶσι τοῦ ὕδατος τὰ πεδία.
§4 ὅσαι δὲ ἐν ὑπερδεξίοισί τε καὶ μετεώροισι τόποισι καὶ τούτοισι ψιλοῖσιν ᾠκισμέναι εἰσί, ταύτας δὲ ἐκ πλίνθου τε καὶ πηλοῦ ποιέεσθαι.
§5 μεγίστην δὲ πόλιν ἐν Ἰνδοῖσιν εἶναι τὴν Παλίμβοθρα καλεομένην, ἐν τῇ Πρασίων γῇ, ἵνα αἱ συμβολαί εἰσι τοῦ τε Ἐραννοβόα ποταμοῦ καὶ τοῦ Γάγγεω· τοῦ μὲν Γάγγεω, τοῦ μεγίστου ποταμῶν· ὁ δὲ Ἐραννοβόας τρίτος μὲν ἂν εἴη τῶν Ἰνδικῶν ποταμῶν, μέζων δὲ τῶν ἄλλῃ καὶ οὗτος. ἀλλὰ συγχωρέει τῷ Γάγγῃ, ἐπειδὰν ἐμβάλῃ ἐς αὐτὸν τὸ ὕδωρ.
§6 καὶ λέγει Μεγασθένης, μῆκος μὲν ἐπέχειν τὴν πόλιν κατʼ ἑκατέρην τὴν πλευρὴν ἵναπερ μακροτάτη αὐτὴ ἑωυτῆς ᾤκισται ἐς ὀγδοήκοντα σταδίους, τὸ δὲ πλάτος ἐς πεντεκαίδεκα.
§7 τάφρον δὲ περιβεβλῆσθαι τῇ πόλι τὸ εὖρος ἑξάπλεθρον, τὸ δὲ βάθος τριήκοντα πήχεων· πύργους δὲ ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ πεντακοσίους ἔχειν τὸ τεῖχος καὶ πύλας τέσσαρας καὶ ἑξήκοντα.
§8 εἶναι δὲ καὶ τόδε μέγα ἐν τῇ Ἰνδῶν γῇ, πάντας Ἰνδοὺς εἶναι ἐλευθέρους, οὐδέ τινα δοῦλον εἶναι Ἰνδόν. τοῦτο μὲν Λακεδαιμονίοισιν ἐς τωὐτὸ συμβαίνει καὶ Ἰνδοῖσι.
§9 Λακεδαιμονίοισι μέν γε οἱ εἵλωτες δοῦλοί εἰσι καὶ τὰ δουλων ἐργάζονται, Ἰνδοῖσι δὲ οὐδὲ ἄλλος δοῦλός ἐστι, μήτι γε Ἰνδῶν τις.
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Hercher 1885
Teubner
Hercher & Eberhard, Teubner, 1885 · 1885
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Rudolf Hercher (1821–1878) was a German classical scholar who edited a wide range of Greek prose texts for the Teubner series, including the Greek epistolographers and several volumes of Greek historians. His output was prodigious, and while some of his editions have been superseded, many remain the most recent critical text available for minor Greek prose authors.

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