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Quotation from The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian
“those who wished to return home were at liberty to return and carry back word to their relations that they were come back, having deserted their king in the midst of his enemies”
The Campaigns of Alexander, Book V, Chapter 25, trans. E. J. Chinnock (1884)
At the Hyphasis, after Coenus speaks for the army's exhaustion, Alexander angrily offers to go on alone and shames those who would leave him.
Citation: "those who wished to return home were at liberty to return and carry back word to their relations that they were come back, having deserted their king in the midst of his enemies" — Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander, Book V, Chapter 25, trans. E. J. Chinnock (1884). (id the-campaigns-of-alexander-q8)
