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4-6 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"who shall come after me, and ye will suffer dis-<br />

"grace, and put yourselves away from men. And<br />

"moreover it is especially meet for you to fear me,<br />

"more than [ye fear] other men. For if men see<br />

"these things done by you fear and trembling will<br />

Exhortation "coHie upou them, and they will say, 'Inasmuch as<br />

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ence.<br />

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"his servauts and the men of his house fear him<br />

"and are afraid of him, it is meet for us also to<br />

"stand in awe of him, and to honour him'. And<br />

"especially among you in my house [is fear due to<br />

"me]. Let those who know me and my kinsfolk<br />

"not feel wroth with any man because of his pos-<br />

"sessions, and let them neither steal nor take away<br />

"that which belongeth to another through what<br />

"he doeth, and do not contract affinity in a way<br />

"unseemly to you. If ye do these things which<br />

"I command you ye will not fetter yourselves with<br />

"chains, and there will not be in you any pretence<br />

"whatsoever; keep ye then my commandments and<br />

"doctrine, for ye are the men of my house and<br />

"my kinsfolk."<br />

And in this wise did <strong>Alexander</strong>, the Two-horned,'<br />

' This is the first appearance of <strong>Alexander</strong>'s title "Twohorned"<br />

in the <strong>Ethiopic</strong> version; the words ll]nAh> = hvC<br />

"J'tU" ' "whose horns are two", translate the Arabic ^><br />

^^^JLi\, and there is no doubt that <strong>Alexander</strong> and the Two-<br />

horned are one and the same person. The most natural<br />

explanation of the title is obtained by assuming that one of<br />

the attributes of Amen-Ra has been applied to <strong>Alexander</strong>,<br />

and as the legend makes Amen-Ra his father this assumption<br />

is a fair one. The Egyptian equivalent of Two-horned is

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