A l e x a n d e r t h e G r e a t 37 Phegeus: For two days now, I have been trying to persuade him not to cross the river to fight Porus, the Indian Prince. Today, he’s decided to cross over! Coenus: Why? We have reached the end of the Persian Empire Borders. This should be the end of the war. Phegeus: Alexander says he has divine orders … from Amon who’s promised him that he would conquer the whole world. (Alexander walks out of his tent. The two commanders greet him) Alexander: Phegeus, I askedyouformore information about the Indian Prince Porus. Have you got any yet? Phegeus: What Porus had said about the power of his tribe is true. No exaggeration of any kind. Their prince is not only a man from among the people, but from a lower class, too. His father was a barber who made his living through hard work. It was owing to his good looks that the Princess introduced him to the ruling Prince. He became very close to him and that is how he killed the Prince and seized the kingdom. He then took the Princess as a wife and got rid of the children of the former Prince.
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