Haec agentem Alexandrum adeunt Orsines et Mithracenes; Bessi parricidium exosi transfugerant nuntiabantque stadia d abesse Persas, ipsos brevius iter monstraturos.
While Alexander was thus occupied, Orsines and Mithracenes came to him; since they detested the treason of Bessus, they had deserted and now reported that the Persians were 500 stadia distant, that they would show him a shorter route.
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