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THE ENTRY OF ALEXANDER INTO BABYLON.
LE BRUN.
After having subjugated the whole of Greece,
Alexander employed the resources he was possessed of
in the conquest of Persia. Followed solely by 36,000
men, he passed the Hellespont in the year 334, before
J. C.—visited the ruins of Troy—arrived upon the borders
of the Granicus, which he crossed in sight of the Persians,
whom he put to flight—overthrew all that he met in his
career—gave battle to Darius, near Issus, and com-
pletely defeated him. He then besieged the city of Tyre,
which surrendering to his arms, he passed into Egypt,
and founded Alexandria; and, traversing the plains qf
Lybia, returned to the attack of the Persians, and by the
battle of Arbela destroyed the empire of Darius. From
Persia, Alexander carried his conquests into India-
vanquished Porus, and made all the Indian princes sub-
mit to his yoke—and only stopped his course at the
mouth of the Indus, when he, in fact, could proceed no
farther. He returned to Babylon to enjoy the fruit of his
victories—where he tarnished his fame by the most de-
grading excesses, and where poison put an end to his
surprising destiny.
The ambassadors of Carthage, Gaul, Spain, Sicily, Sar-
dinia, and other cities of Italy, awaited his return into
Babylon, to congratulate the Conqueror of the World ;
but the predictions of a soothsayer prevented him, for a
time, going thither. Yielding, however, at last, to the
LE BRUN.
After having subjugated the whole of Greece,
Alexander employed the resources he was possessed of
in the conquest of Persia. Followed solely by 36,000
men, he passed the Hellespont in the year 334, before
J. C.—visited the ruins of Troy—arrived upon the borders
of the Granicus, which he crossed in sight of the Persians,
whom he put to flight—overthrew all that he met in his
career—gave battle to Darius, near Issus, and com-
pletely defeated him. He then besieged the city of Tyre,
which surrendering to his arms, he passed into Egypt,
and founded Alexandria; and, traversing the plains qf
Lybia, returned to the attack of the Persians, and by the
battle of Arbela destroyed the empire of Darius. From
Persia, Alexander carried his conquests into India-
vanquished Porus, and made all the Indian princes sub-
mit to his yoke—and only stopped his course at the
mouth of the Indus, when he, in fact, could proceed no
farther. He returned to Babylon to enjoy the fruit of his
victories—where he tarnished his fame by the most de-
grading excesses, and where poison put an end to his
surprising destiny.
The ambassadors of Carthage, Gaul, Spain, Sicily, Sar-
dinia, and other cities of Italy, awaited his return into
Babylon, to congratulate the Conqueror of the World ;
but the predictions of a soothsayer prevented him, for a
time, going thither. Yielding, however, at last, to the