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ALEXANDER IN ARMENIA. 229<br />

throughout the whole of that country, proclaming, He pro-<br />

"O men, neither fear, nor murder, nor terror, norpe''a«!<br />

"captivity," nor burning, nor imprisonment has<br />

"come upon you, and no man shall come forth<br />

"against you to do you any harm."<br />

Now when the people of that country heard<br />

that the [reason for] fear and trembling had been<br />

taken away from them, they chose three hundred<br />

of their sages—now their teeth were very long<br />

and projected from their mouths like [the tusks]<br />

of elephants—and they came to the Two-horned<br />

and brought gifts unto him, and they begged from<br />

him life and freedom. Then the Two-horned said He<br />

comes<br />

to Persian<br />

unto them, "To what kingdom do these people subje'cts!<br />

"who live here belong, and to whom do ye your-<br />

"selves give tribute?" They said unto him, "This<br />

"country is under the kingdom of Persia, and it<br />

"belongeth unto Akseyus (Xerxes?) the Persian,^<br />

"and to him do we pay tribute." And the Two-<br />

horned said unto them, "Have ye seen how far this<br />

"mighty mountain which goeth down to the pass<br />

"reacheth?" They said unto him, "This mountain<br />

"retreateth, as thou seest, until it endeth at the sea<br />

"which surroundeth the world, that is to say, the<br />

"sea Bontos (Pontus), and there are therein neither<br />

' Read ffl^X.'P'B<br />

^ In the Syriac "Tubarlak, the king of the Persians''^ who<br />

is also called in the metrical version^ "Great King of the<br />

territory of the Persians and of the Amoraye"; see p. 149.<br />

He is also said to be of the race of the house of Ahshorah,<br />

i. e., Xerxes.

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