Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

BATTLE BETWEEN THE GREEKS AND INDIANS. 10/
established them in their [various] ranks, and he
behaved graciously unto them; and they all loved
him, and he took the best men among them with
him to carry on [his] war in India.
And' Alexander heard that Porus, the king of
India, had come to the aid^ of Darius, the king of
Persia, but when Porus heard that Darius was slain
he returned to his country together with his troops.
And Alexander entreated God Almighty to help Alexander
him against Porus, the king of India,
wishes to
and he spake ^^ht Porua.
to his army concerning Porus, the king of India,
and concerning the armies which he had gathered
together to him, and he commanded his soldiers
to make ready to march. Then Alexander set out
and travelled for a period of four days until he
arrived at the confines of the country of Porus, and
it was a terrible country with lofty mountains and
mighty rivers, and it was vast and spacious, and
Alexander marched on rapidly. And it came to
pass that his soldiers were worn out and weary,
and their souls were afflicted, and they spake
[p. 60] among themselves, saying, "The king be-
"haveth ill towards us, and he will wear us out by Revolt of
the Mace-
"this thing which he wisheth us to do; he hath al-^om^ns.
"ready exhausted us by fighting against our enemies.
"God Almighty hath destroyed Darius by our
"hands because he wrongfully demanded tribute
' See Pseudo-CallistheneSj Bk. iii. chap, i (Miiller, p. 94,
Meusel, p. 769).
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