ALEXANDER THE GREAT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1180, 16 September 1882, Page 2

ALEXANDER THE GREAT.

?ou tkeisaai Qrciks, who bad been sad* pn»a«e by thi Persians. were subjected U all the cruelties and mutilations that Persian tyranny eould inflict, The buds and feet of tome, the Boiee aad ears ef others, were cut off j after which, their faeei/wera braadtd with hat irons, Alexander,'on ap> proachiag Periepolis, eaw these'men, and could net refrain from tears, He unrel them they should again see their femiliel aad native eoantry, "Alas I" assvtrtd tbey, (" hew will it be possible for us to a» pear pabliely before all Greeee, in the dread* ful condition to which we> are rtdneed • a condition still nore shameful than unhappy? Th» but way to bear misery, » t» mum*} it; aad no country is so sweet te" the wretched, as m oblivion of their p»ot calamities. They therefore entreated thai that thor might be permitted to end their daji anoo£ thou Who wdr4 iccuitomid to their misfortunes." Alexaader granted their request, and gave to each three thoni< wddraohms, five saits of men's clothes, the same nnmberef women's, twoeoupleof oxen to plough with, and a quantity of <m to sow, He also commanded iho Governor of tho province to protect them, and to si> empt them from all taxes and tribute, f