Here are the real transcripts of Alexander the great

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After winning battle of issue...also shown in this serial

But here is real dialogue from Alexander romance written during his time...his address to persians


"From Alexander the king, whose mother is the queen Olympias, to all the Persians that dwell in the cities and towns of the land of Persia, greeting. I desire that all men should live and not die an evil death ; and now God has made me master of the country of Persia, and has exalted me over you. Let the lords, the nobles of your country, who served of old in the army of Darius, come now and march with me in my army, even as they formerly marched with Darius. Let them not accept any other master in their thoughts save me, Alexander. And I will give orders that every single man of you shall retain his own religion and gods and laws, and shall keep his festivals and his sacrifices, and no one shall be allowed to do anything to you by violence. Every one shall rejoice in his own possessions, save the gold and silver which we command to be gathered together and to be conveyed to our city to be coined into money and into dinarsbearing my image; and we order that, if zz or daricsbe found with you, even though our own money be struck, they shall be left there with you. Let all the lords {satraps} and generals, together with the rest of the people who are fit for war, come to help my army. Nation shall not be mingled with nation, neither shall one man go from his own land to another, except those who travel for the sake of merchandise, and even of these not more than ten or twenty shall be allowed to go. Till the land and dwell in it in prosperity as in the days of Darius the king ; for we desire that prosperity and abundance should be in your land. Whosoever of you desires to go to Hellas to trade and to come back from Hellas to the land of Persia, shall be allowed to go and to come. And I command the lords {satraps} and all the inhabitants that are on this road from the bank of the Euphrates to Hellas to divide and measure the road in equal portions, to pave it with stones and lime, to set up mile stones, and to write directions at the turnings of the roads, that every man may know by the writings whither the road goes, and may not have trouble and be compelled to ask questions on the road. And we command that what Darius gave every year, year by year, to the temple of the ministers of the gods for the salvation of his soul, shall now be given each year where it is due, from the crops and taxes of the land, for the salvation of his soul. And let them make a feast and offerings every year on his birthday as they do upon the birthday of king Cyrus. And we command that damsels, the daughters of free men, virgins whom men have not known, shall enter into the temple of the god whom my mother Olympias worships, for the space of one year for the service of the gods; and they have arrived at the age for marriage, they shall go forth from the ministry, and shall receive a dowry of five thousand dinars from the treasury of the god, and shall marry. And ire command that all youths and men who are in the country of the Persians shall train themselves continually in warlike exercises and arms until we come to them and select from them those that please us. And if there be any one now who is well trained in horsemanship and arms, weapons shall be given him out of the armoury of the king, and a war horse, and a beaker of gold worth twelve dinars, each weighing eight mithkls, and five cups of silver, each of them holding what a man can take at a draught, and one suit of Persian raiment, and a belt of gold ; and he shall be sent to the army. And if there be any one of them who is trained in war and who has made himself a famous name, there shall be given to him a Persian crown of gold, and a suit of white raiment, and two cups of gold, and one hundred darics, and seventy staters; and his likeness shall be painted and shall be sent to the temple of the god of Alexander. We command too that the priests of the gods shall be held in honour by all men, and they shall set a crown of gold upon their heads, and shall wear purple clothing; especially on festival days. We desire also that ye shall bring before the priests any dispute which ye may have one with another, and they shall decide it, and terminate the matter for them with moderation.
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The killing of Bessus :: here too Sony took few of real dialogues...after Bactrians has fallen

I am Alexander. Him that slew mine enemy I seek to honour, whether he be Macedonian or Persian; let him come and fear not; for I swear by the gods, and by the life of my mother Olympias, that I will make renowned and great him that slew Darius, and I will exalt him over my troops."
Alexander had sworn this oath, the Persian host began to weep. Then the evildoers Bgz and nbdh came near to Alexander of their own free will and answered and said to him, "O king, doer of good things, it is we who slew Darius." When Alexander heard this, he commanded that they should be bound, and should be carried to the grave of Darius, and impaled upon a lofty stake. Then these evildoers said to him with a loud voice, "Our lord, the oath which thou hast sworn by all the gods and by the life of Olympias thy mother is false." Then Alexander said: "I spoke not this word of persuasion for your sakes, but for the sake of the armies who stand listening, because I was unable to bring you into the way of justice in any other manner than this. Had I not done so, I should have appeared to be rejoicing in the death of Darius, the more so as I accounted him an enemy. But my supplication and entreaty to the gods was this, that I might be enabled to destroy him that slew Darius ; for how can a man who was not true to his lord, but who slew his lord audaciously and unmercifully, be true to us ? See then, we do not lie with respect to the oath which we have sworn; for now, just as I swore to you, I will make you a spectacle and a marvel to the whole camp, and I will lift you up on stakes." So he straightway commanded them to be led away and impaled upon high stakes. Then all the hosts of the Persians applauded Alexander.
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To sasygambis and Barsine about Darius death...
follows. " From king Alexander son of Que en Olympia to rndokht and Esthar {Stateira} greeting. At the time when king Darius opposed us with hostility, we sought to avenge ourselves according to the will of God. Although we sought the victory over Darius, we did not desire his death. On the contrary, our desire was that he might live and be under our dominion. We found him however stabbed by the hand of his troops and lying upon the ground, with very little life left in him. I was very grieved for him, and because of my sorrow I threw over him the purple robe with which I was clothed, and covered him.
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This is how sasygambis wrote him back...also mention of Roxana

Rhodogun and Stateira send greetings to King Alexander. We have prayed the gods of heaven, who have overthrown the crown of Darius and the eternal boasting of the Persians, to establish you as king of the whole world since in reason, intelligence, and power you rank equal to the Olympiangods. We know indeed that in your hands we live in security. And we pray to Fortune to bless you and give you life for uncounted years because you came to us not as though we were captives who had fallen under your sceptre, but (?) . . . as those who had been in high position, and then were cast down. And now we are no longer captives. Now we have seen Alexander as a young Darius and we do obeisance to him. And we have written to the people of Persia that they beg the gods in Persia to enthrone you with Zeus and that they do obeisance to you. Roxane, whom you have decreed shall share your throne, we will worship as you ordered when you shall conduct her to wedlock. We have written to the Persian people (this is for your information) that now we have recognized a young Darius and the sceptre of Darius is again in the hand of Alexander, the godlike, the benefactor of the Persians. Know that Alexander will wed Roxane. So pray to all the gods and, bringing forth all the gods in Persia, present them to Alexander with their blessing because he has exalted the glory of the Persians to greater heights
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Olympia to Alexander about Barsine and sasygambis...

''I feel ashamed and I weep in my room, for you have tainted the name of Ammon by eating from the wretched hands of Persian, the mother of Daricas. Your insolence has now reached its peak which I cannot condone. I have been warning you to stay away from the ones who should be slaves and t reated as such for they and their ancestors have treated the Hellenes as their slaves. You let Roxane share loaf with her. Have you no shame!''
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Olympias prepared the royal vestment, which was splendid and more wonderful than any king had seen, and sent it from Macedon. And the wedding was quickly performed. And after the great rejoicing in Roxane's and Alexander's palace, he wrote his mother, Olympias, a letter.
Alexander king of kings, greets his dear mother, Olympias, and the learned Aristotle, his venerable guide and great teacher. I deemed it essential to write you concerning the conflict beyond the Taurusbetween me, my troops, and my Macedoniansand Darius. When I heard that he was moving with many kings and satrapstoward the gulf of Issus, I collected a lot of goats and tied torches on their horns and attacked them by night. And when they saw us, they turned to flight thinking that the body of troops was vast and that it was moving upon them. And thus we achieved the glory of victory against them. And on the spot, I built a city named Ayes {Greek:Aegae, "goats"}, and on the gulf of Issus, I built a city named AlexandriaKattison. And from there, I pursued Darius to the approaches of the land of Armeniawhere the Dklat' is and the source of the Euphrates. There Darius fell into the hands of his generals and was slain by Bessus and Ariobarzanes, Mediangenerals. I was deeply grieved; for although I had conquered him, I was able neither to slay him nor to hold him under my royal sceptre. But when I reached him, I found him still breathing. And taking off my (?) anamesidoncloak, I threw it over him. Then he saw the precariousness of fate in the present situation. And after I had shrouded Darius and honoured him, I ordered those who were guarding his tomb to cut off his nose and ears according to Persiancustom. Then we went away from there and came to a dense cedar grove. I ordered that my insignia be put there and the names of those who had been conquered, of Bessus and Ariobarzanes and so, too, the kingdom of Mazacus and the Medes and the Armeniansand the Nomads and the whole Persian world which Darius, the great, ruled...

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Wow! Thank you so much for posting these. 😃
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There are many letters to Olympias cleoptra , and that famous letter in which Olympia berates Haphestian and Haphestian writes back saying ''don't quarrel with me we love Alexander more than anything.''' ...but all are in Greek with no translation ..
It's really unbelievable that every letter he say I am son of Olympias...
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''lest you defame me or incriminate me before Juno! She will certainly allot me some great harm once you have confessed in your letters that I am her husband's adultress.
Olympias response when once Alexanderwrote him as son of Zeus Ammon and Olympias the queen ...Juno is wife Zeus...🤣

Now if she can have this much authority over him in just letters just imagine in personal...no wonder Alexander just absconded with the excuse of winning the world 😆
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Another venomous from olympia to Alwxander for his good treatment of persian ladies...but who is rhodogun...this name appears alot...Rhodogun could be sasygambis? Stateira is Barsine... persipolis is the palace of Persia...

''Rhodogun and stateira plagues of my nights. My eyes are dry. You have failed me for you sleep in the persipolis.''


All this is from Alexander romance...huge ancient collection...
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