However, he persisted in his attempt to cross, gained the opposite banks with difficulty and much ado, though they were moist and slippery with mud, and was at once compelled to fight pell-mell and engage his assailants man by man, before his troops who were crossing could form into any order.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :
victim: According to the entry in the New Pauly, Memnon was in command at the Granicus.
http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/granicus-e427330 thirdperson: The main part of Alexander's army is still crossing the river so they are listed as perpetrators and third person. motive: Alexander's ambition can be seen in 16.2.
