Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
porus slain And [whcn] the king of India looked behind him,
straightway Alexander drove the spear which he
had in his hand into him and killed him; and he
bound in chains the kings who had come to help
the king of India, and he imposed an annual tribute
upon them.
The writer of this chronicle saith:—Alexander
waged many wars, and ruled over the seven climes
of the earth; and he came to the land of Kaf
Summary of to thc pkce whcre the sun riseth, and he built
tra^ri" "nd there a gate and shut in Gog and Magog, and
exploits,
j-^g closed it with chains of iron. Now these
peoples who were left lived outside the gate, and
for this reason they were called Terku.^ And he
came to the Land of Darkness, and there are
some who say that when he wished to enter
therein the people there counselled him and his
followers to ride upon mares which were suckling
foals, and that he left the foals with the company
of his soldiers that the mares might find their
way back for the sake of their foals. And he
went into the land of darkness and he broueht
therefrom pearls and jacinths, as did each and
every one of those who were with him. And
some say that he carried with him ships [made
in] pieces which could be loaded on camels, and
that whenever he wished to go to the islands in
that sea he put them together and embarked
' See above, p. 37 2, note i.
/. e., TurkSj see above, p. 372, note 3.