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“The story of Alisaundre is so common That every wight that hath discrecioun

“The story of Alisaundre is so common That every wight that hath discrecioun Hath herd somewhat or all of his fortune.” Geoffrey Chaucer “Great Alexander Lives. And Still Rules!” Aegean fisherman’s prayer Greece: Alexander Arab world: Iskander Hindustani: Sikandar.

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“The story of Alisaundre is so common That every wight that hath discrecioun

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  1. “The story of Alisaundre is so common That every wight that hath discrecioun Hath herd somewhat or all of his fortune.” Geoffrey Chaucer “Great Alexander Lives. And Still Rules!” Aegean fisherman’s prayer Greece: Alexander Arab world: Iskander Hindustani: Sikandar

  2. “His hair sat somewhat hollow or rising a little; and this, with the languishing motion of his eyes, seemed to form a resemblance in his face, though perhaps more talked of than really apparent, to the statues of the King Alexander.” - Plutarch, Life of Pompey

  3. “My boy, you must find a kingdom big enough for your ambitions. Macedonia is too small for you.” Philip II to the boy Alexander a history of unconventional solutions to seemingly intractable problems

  4. Book of Daniel, chapter 8: "Behold, I will make known to you what shall be at the latter end of the indignation; for it pertains to the appointed time of the end. As for the ram which you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia. And the he-goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn between his eyes is the first king. As for the horn that was broken, in place of which four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise from his nation, but not with his power. And at the latter end of their rule, when the transgressors have reached their full measure, a king of bold countenance, one who understands riddles, shall arise. His power shall be great, and he shall cause fearful destruction, and shall succeed in what he does, and destroy mighty men and the people of the saints. By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall magnify himself. Without warning he shall destroy many; and he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes; but, by no human hand, he shall be broken. The vision of the evenings and the mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it pertains to many days hence."

  5. The Koran, chapter 18: And they ask you about Zulqarnain. Say: I will recite to you an account of him. Surely We established him in the land and granted him means of access to every thing. So he followed a course. Until when he reached the place where the sun set, he found it going down into a black sea, and found by it a people. We said: O Zulqarnain! either give them a chastisement or do them a benefit. He said: As to him who is injust, we will chastise him, then shall he be returned to his Lord, and He will chastise him with an exemplary chastisement: And as for him who believes and does good, he shall have goodly reward, and We will speak to him an easy word of Our command. Then he followed (another) course. Until when he reached the land of the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people to whom We had given no shelter from It; Even so! and We had a full knowledge of what he had. Then he followed (another) course. Until when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he found on that side of them a people who could hardly understand a word. They said: O Zulqarnain! surely Gog and Magog make mischief in the land.

  6. The Koran, continued: Shall we then pay you a tribute on condition that you should raise a barrier between us and them. He said: That in which my Lord has established me is better, therefore you only help me with workers, I will make a fortified barrier between you and them; Bring me blocks of iron; until when he had filled up the space between the two mountain sides, he said: Blow, until when he had made it (as) fire, he said: Bring me molten brass which I may pour over it. So they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole in it. He said: This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the promise of my Lord comes to pass He will make it level with the ground, and the promise of my Lord is ever true. And on that day We will leave a part of them in conflict with another part, and the trumpet will be blown, so We will gather them all together; And We will bring forth hell, exposed to view, on that day before the unbelievers.

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