Alexander the False Prophet (31)

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Having many powerful friends, he went about not only telling what he had heard from his messengers but adding still more on his own account. So he flooded and convulsed the city, and agitated most of the court, who themselves at once hastened to go and hear something that concerned them.

To all who came, Alexander gave a very cordial reception, made them think well of him by lavish entertainment and expensive presents, and sent

v.4.p.219

them back not merely to report the answers to their questions, but to sing the praises of the god and to tell portentous lies about the oracle on their own account.

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