Effect of this Speech<hr>
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       One would scarcely know Alexander to question the effect of this speech. This great<hr>
soul doubled yet again his kind favours toward this queen. He won her heart so significantly<hr>
that, a short while later, when the death of this conqueror occurred in Babylon, she did not fail<hr>
to uphold her promise to him, as she died of sorrow. Undoubtedly, this death was a<hr>
glorious testament to Alexander's benevolence. Even while an excellent orator used all his<hr>
artistry to deliver him praise, exaggerating all the notable actions he had accomplished, I believe I say something more extraordinary when I simply state that Sisygambis endured the death of Darius, her son, but she could not bear that of the great Alexander. She lived after the former, she died after the latter, and morality outweighed nature. What a wonderful public tribute!<hr>
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       Sisygambis is the mother of Darius III, Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty, and<hr>
perhaps also the mother of Stateira, wife of Darius III.<hr>
       Stateira II, originally named Barsine, is a Persian princess of the Achaemenid dynasty. She is the eldest daughter of Darius III and Stateira. She married Alexander the Great in 324 BC during the weddings of Susa. She was assassinated in 323 BC on the orders of Roxana, Alexander's first wife.<hr>
       Darius III Codoman is the king of Persia from 336 BC to his death in 330 BC. He was also Pharaoh of Egypt until 332 BC. Defeated by Alexander the Great, he is the last great Achaemenid king of the Persian Empire.<hr>
       Alexander the Great is a king of Macedonia and one of the most famous figures of antiquity. A student of Aristotle and king of Macedonia from 336 BC, he becomes one of the greatest conquerors of history by taking possession of the vast Persian Empire and advancing to the banks of the Indus, a river in Asia that drains into the Oman Sea.<hr>
       Aristotle is a philosopher and polymath of ancient Greece. Along with Plato, whose student he was, he is one of the most influential thinkers the Western world has ever known. He is the tutor of Alexander the Great.<hr>
       Bessus is the governor of Bactria, a region in Central Asia in the north of Afghanistan, during the reign of Darius III. He proclaimed himself king of Persia under the name of Artaxerxes V after murdering the Achaemenid sovereign Darius III in 330 BC. He was executed on the orders of Alexander the Great in 329 BC.<hr>
       Cyrus II, also known as Cyrus the Great, is the founder of the Persian Empire and of the Achaemenid dynasty. His reign spans approximately from 559 to 530 BC.<hr>
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