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India. Visit to Mount Meru at Nysa. Sacrifices for crossing the Indus. 326 summer—Campaign in Punjab. Visit to Taxila. Battle at Jhelum River. Dedication of altars at the Beas River. 326 autumn—Departure downstream, toward the lower Indus Valley. 326 winter—Campaign against the Malavas. 325 midsummer— Arrival at Patala. Sacrifices on the shoreline and at sea. 325 early autumn— Departure of Nearchus and the fleet, and of Alexander and Craterus with the troops and baggage. 325 late autumn—March through the Gedrosian Desert. 325– early 324 Occupation of Carmania and Dionysian celebrations. Flight and supplication of Harpalus. 324 spring—Second visit to Pasargadae and arrival in Susa. Marriages of Alexander III and leading companions to Iranians. 324 late spring— Mutiny of the army at Opis. 324 autumn—Death of Hephaestion at Ecbatana and destruction of temple there. 324 winter—Arrival in Babylon. 323 June 10—Death of Alexander III in Babylon. 323 summer—Birth of Alexander III’s posthumous son, Alexander IV. Regency of Perdiccas. 321 Departure of cortege of Alexander III from Babylon and seizure of the cortege by Ptolemy in Syria. Supplication and death of Demosthenes. 321–320 Burial of Alexander III in Memphis. 320 summer—Assassination of Perdiccas by Seleucus. 320 summer— Redistribution of commands and provinces at Trisparadeisos. 317 Murder of Philip Arrhidaeus by Olympias. 316 spring—Execution of Olympias. 310–309 Murder of Roxane and Alexander IV by Cassander. 309 Betrayal and death of Heracles, son of Al d

III and Barsine. ca. 300 Removal of Alexander III’s body to Alexandria. A Glossary of Gods and Lesser Beings Achilles The greatest Homeric warrior, important to Alexander III both as a military role model and as a reputed ancestor of Olympias, his mother. Alexander worshipped him at Troy. Ahura Mazda The chief god of the Persians, sometimes worshipped together with two others, Anahita (q.v.) and Mithra, a sun god. Unlike his Greek counterpart, Zeus, Ahura Mazda, or “Lord of Wisdom,” personified good in combat against evil. Alexander III King of...