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THE DYING COMMANDS OF ALEXANDER. 349<br />

"Macedonian. And I further command that every<br />

"worn out old man in Macedonia shall be made<br />

"to rest from his labours, and that honour shall<br />

"be paid unto all the guards who were in my service<br />

"from among the people of Tanisa, who are allies<br />

"of my kingdom, and who keep my ordinances.<br />

"And <strong>Alexander</strong> ordereth Herakles that one hundred<br />

"talents of gold, and ten thousand elephants' tusks,<br />

"and one hundred talents of silver, and one hundred Gifts to be<br />

"golden rings shall be sent [to Delphi], according D^J^i.<br />

"to the gift which was given to the city in olden<br />

"time in honour of God Almighty. And I command<br />

"that they place round about the city one hundred<br />

"and fifty golden seats, and that they do likewise<br />

"in the temple. And I, <strong>Alexander</strong> the king, ordain<br />

"that Aksumiyas shall be governor over Syria, and<br />

"[over] Bandeya which is on the river Hadestis,<br />

"and Wad Balekaris over India, and <strong>Alexander</strong><br />

"of Kadrun [over ], and Roxana the wife of<br />

"<strong>Alexander</strong> the king over Druksiya, and Kes-<br />

"dereseya, and to Sefreten shall be given the<br />

"governorship of Kesendros."'<br />

Then <strong>Alexander</strong> the king, the son of Ammon <strong>Alexander</strong>'s<br />

and the son of Olympias, commanded Lhronos (.''),<br />

the prince of blacksmiths, to make a leaden coffin,<br />

and to fill it with honey, and myrrh, and rose<br />

water, and he said, "Lay ye my body therein that<br />

"it may be kept from corruption," and thus saying, <strong>Alexander</strong><br />

he gave up the ghost.^<br />

^ Compare Miiller, p. 149, col. i.<br />

^ When <strong>Alexander</strong> died the Persians and the Macedonians

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