@erosblest: 16.119, Posidippus: On a Statue of Alexander of Macedon Lysippus, sculptor of Sicyon, bold hand, cunning craftsman, its glance is of fire, that bronze thou didst cast in the form of Alexander. No longer do we blame the Persians: cattle may be pardoned for flying before a lion. 16.120, Archelaus or Asclepiades: On the same Lysippus modelled Alexander's daring and his whole form. How great is the power of this bronze! The brazen king seems to be gazing at Zeus and about to say, "I set Earth under my feet; thyself, Zeus, possess Olympus." 16.121, Anonymous: On the same Imagine that thou seest Alexander himself; so flash his very eyes in the bronze, so lives his dauntless mien. He alone subjected to the throne of Pella all the earth which the rays of Zeus look on from heaven. -Greek Anthology 16.119–121, (trans. W. R. Paton) #ancientgreece #alexanderthegreat #persia #egypt #zeusammon

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