Life of Alexander, 1.17.1

Plutarch  translated by Bernadotte Perrin

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17This contest at once made a great change in the situation to Alexander’s advantage, so that he received the submission even of Sardis, the bulwark of the barbarian dominion on the sea-coast, and added the rest of the country to his conquests. Halicarnassus alone withstood him, and Miletus, which cities he took by storm[32] and subdued all the territories about them. Then he was in doubt as to his future course.

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Notes

  • [32] The siege and capture of these cities occupied Alexander till the late autumn of 334 B.C.