Alexander the Great, ascends to the refurbished, elevated, golden throne of Nebuchadnezzar, wearing the crown of the King of the Kings, a golden bay leaves wreath, and golden garments. Kings and emissaries from all over the world are coming to submit to him and to kneel in front of Alexander the Great.

Alexander the Great on the throne scene ACT IV from the opera Alexander the Great by Panos Karousos

Alexander the Great, ascends to the refurbished, elevated, golden throne of Nebuchadnezzar, wearing the crown of the King of the Kings, a golden bay leaves wreath, and golden garments.  Kings and emissaries from all over the world are coming to submit to him and to kneel in front of Alexander the Great.

Army & Persians: The whole world is at your feet, Alexander.  Your dream to unite the entire world under one country, one earth… You have achieved everything world-emperor, invincible, radiant one.  Hail to you, richest King of Kings, Alexander.  All the kingdoms have come to surrender to you, but honored in front of a god, they ask for your sympathy: Rome, Cartagena, Ethiopia, Arabia, China, Mongolia, India, Iberia, Gaul, the Northern peoples, Celts, Scythia, Libya… we submit to your reign.

Dinocratus: King Alexander, I will depart for Macedonia, to begin the building of the great monuments that the people will admire throughout the centuries.  A pyramid in Vergina[1] as the tomb of your father, Philip, and the transformation of the Athos Mountain to Alexander, so from the Aegean Sea you can be viewed like a protector, Olympian God, of the peoples that you united into the Hellenistic Empire.  The temple of the Goddess Artemis for you as a levy to your honor; hail, Alexander the Great!

Nearchus: The Arabian campaign is completed; Archias, Androsthenes, and Ieronas have returned with the fleet, while Anaksikrates returned via the Akamba Sea.  As you ordered, the island after Tylos[2] was named Icarus.  The fleet has reached the southernmost point of the Indian peninsula and continues to gather a lot of pearls and spoils.  I will order the fleet now to circumvent Africa.  As for the Mediterranean, our fleet controls it up to the Temple of Olympian Zeus.  King, God, Alexander, I kneel in front of you.

Ostanes: The twilight of the gods is approaching, when the human hearts will sink in solitude and desolation waiting for someone to come and save the world.  Humankind, in front of you, kneels Alexander, and worships the mortal because along with you the Human race ascends to the highest point.  The Hellenistic Empire is a higher unity under the liberating ideals of the God Alexander the Liberator!

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[1] Translator’s note: the modern city of Aigai

[2] Translator’s note: the region of today’s Bahrain