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Ai Khanoum Afghanistan:
Delphic Maxims from Ai Khanoum L. Robert, CRAI 1968, 422-457, no. 2 Epigram of two verses by Klearchos of Soloi accompanying inscription of Delphic maxims in the temenos of Kineas (the oikistes (founder) of the Greek settlement) at Ai Khanoum.
Date: early 3rd. century BC

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And here it is boys,the coup de grace:
Dedication by Alexander the Great to Athena Polias
Greek, around 330 BC From Priene, Asia Minor
In 336 BC Alexander the Great embarked on a programme of territorial expansion, which would eventually extend the boundaries of the Greek world to Egypt in the south and to India in the East. In 334 BC Alexander crossed the Hellespont, the narrow strait separating Europe and Asia, and went first to Troy. There he dedicated his armour to Athena and laid a wreath at the tomb of Achilles, the legendary hero and champion of the Greeks in the Trojan War. This act prefigured Alexander's role as a new Achilles liberating the Greek cities of Asia Minor from Asiatic rule.
That same summer of 334 BC, a successful engagement with the Persian army at the river Granicus, east of Troy, opened the gates of Asia Minor, and Alexander proceeded to tour the Greek cities of the west coast, expelling their Persian garrisons.
On reaching Priene, he made a further dedication to Athena. There the townspeople were laying out their new city and building a temple to its patron goddess. Alexander offered funds to complete the temple, and the inscription on this wall block, cut into a block of marble, records his gift. The inscription was found in the nineteenth century by the architect-archaeologist Richard Pullan leading an expedition on behalf of the Society of Dilettanti. It reads: 'King Alexander dedicated the Temple to Athena Polias'
Corinthian pilasters on a Buddhist stupa of green schist at Mingora, in the Upper Swat Valley, Pakistan. These features represent late and indirect Greek influence, dated to the 2nd century AD, but stand near Alexander's route in 327 BCE.

The two arches show Indian influence, while the columns are pure Corinthian
Along the main street of Sirkap, the ancient city, sits the Double-Headed Eagle Shrine. Its original name is lost, but is now referred to as the double-Headed Eagle Shrine because of the bird bas-relief that adorns the arch (images two and three). Of Scythian origin, the double-headed bird motif is common in Eurasia, appearing in Byzantine and European armor crests as well.
The shrine is awash in Bactrian Greek influencess brought to the area by Alexander's army, who unwittingly left a Hellenic cultural imprint. The columns decorating the sides of the shrine are clearly Corinthian and the pediment is classically Greek. This is not to say that the shrine is entirely Greek - far from it. There are also Indian influences, notably in the other niches (image 3). The one on the left is almost an ogee (onion-shaped) arch, while the one on the right is a torina, or ornamented Indian gateway
Honorary inscription to Alexander the Great.The city honours the king Alexander the Great. The invocation of his divine origin (son of Zeus) indicates the existence of Alexander worship during the first half of the 3rd cent. B.C., already known from other epigraphic evidence. The revival of his memory has favoured particularly by the Roman Emperors Karakalas and M. Aurelius who wanted to appear that they kept up his acts in this way. Thessaloniki, Vardaris square, 3rd cent. A.D.
Category: Royal Letter Subject: Letter of Alexander the Great to the Chians concerning the trial of Persian partisans and the restoration of democracy Date: ca. 332 BC Bibliography: W.G. Forrest, Klio 51, 1969, 201-206 A.J. Heisserer, Alexander the Great and the Greeks (Oklahoma, 1980), ch. 4, pp. 96-111 Provenience: Chios Location: Chios Museum

Catalogue Record Category: Royal Letter Subject: Letter of Antiochos VIII (or IX) to Ptolemy XI Alexander granting freedom to Seleukeia in Pieria Date: Sept. 6, 109 BC Provenience: Paphos, Cyprus Location: British Museum, London (Inv. GIBM 970

Decree of Amphipolis Decree of Amphipolis, condemning political opponents of Philip II to exile for life, 357 BC, Athens, Epigraphical Museum

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