Bar Hebraeus’ Chronography The First Kingdom of the Greeks
VII- Here beginneth the Seventh Series, which passeth from the Kings of the Persians to the pagan Greeks. ALEXANDER AFTER DARIUS, ALEXANDER reigned six years, after he killed DARIUS, and the prophecy of DANIEL concerning the he-goat which came and killed the ram (Daniel viii) was fulfilled. Now ALEXANDER, having brought to an end the kingdom of the BABYLONIANS and PERSIANS, [36] seized BABYLON, and subjugated ‘IORIPOS (PERSEPOLIS?), and ‘ERKONIA (HURKANIA?) and MURIA (MEDIA?). And he took all GREATER ASIA, and he also crossed the river HENDOS (INDUS), and he conquered INDIA and...
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