Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"to Simakos, governor of the island of Phrygia,
"to wife. And Kalteyunika, the sister of Alexander,
"shall be given to Setras (?) to wife; and Aflikunya,
"the Macedonian lady, shall be given to Yumanes,
"the writer of travels, to wife. And behold I ordain
"that those who dwell in the islands shall be set
"free for my sake, and all those who are in the
"coasts thereof and who depend upon them. And
"the country of Eledkeya shall be given to Dikones,
"and Greater Africa, and Caesarea of the border,
"and Layastranitos as far as the country which
"is on the sea, and which is called Adyusa. And
"Cilicia shall be given to Yatkun, from Lebanon (?)
"and Damascus, which is between the rivers, to
"the plain of Babylon, the history of which is known
"unto Seleucus, who knoweth how to write [the his-
The division "tory] of military expeditions, and Syria and Egypt;
dL's^'Tm- "and to him shall be given Aniron, the daughter
pire.
.,q£ Alexander from Macedonia to wife. And I
"declare publicly to you, O men of Macedonia,
"and all my Babylonian soldiers, and my gene-
"rals, and those who rule over all the provinces,
"and Letas, the governor of Bactria, that [all the
"country] from Babylon to the country of Bactria,
"shall be given to Roxana, [who is of the nation]
"of the Bactrians.'
"And I, Alexander, command that a coffin of
"[p. 203] red gold be made for me, and that they
"lay my body therein, for I am Alexander the
' Compare Miiller, p. 14S, col. 2, at the foot.