Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

ALEXANDER AND THE BRAHMANS. 1 35
him, "When the sun rises in the east he is a type
"of life, for he conquereth the darkness, and so
"likewise when those who are dead and who are
"in the darkness of the grave shall rise up again,
"their life shall shine seven times brighter than
"the sun and moon, and they shall live the life
"that endureth for ever after their death".'
And again Alexander asked another of their Aiexande ders
men, saying, "What is the wickedest thing intion.
"all the creation of God the Highest?" The inter-
preter answered him, saying, "Look at thyself
"[p. 75] and consider what thou hast heaped up,
"and how many men have perished by thy hands,
"and how thou hast been a foe to the people of
"the world, and how thou hast slain those who
"are therein, and yet thy soul is not satisfied:
"but thou shalt not conquer death, and [thy] few
"[soldiers] shall not profit thee, and behold, thou
"shalt die, even as the kings who were before
"thee have died". And it came to pass that when
he had said these words to him Alexander was
not angry thereat, for he know that he was a
man of learning in the world, and he himself
was wishing to receive^ knowledge and wisdom
''""''"
from him.
And again Alexander asked another of their Alexander's
tion.
' In the Greek it is said that the sunrise is the emblem
of life, and sunset the symbol of death, for when the sun
rises his rays are strong, and when he sets they are weak.
^ Gr. Ti apa TudvTiuv Z^ujujv TravoupYOTepov.
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