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King Darius prayed to Ahura Mazda for success in his battles with Alexander the Great, who prayed to the Greek gods to grant him victory. History showed us whose gods were stronger.


16 posted on 06/25/2005 9:59:28 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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Darius was a monotheist - Greeks believed in many Gods.


17 posted on 06/25/2005 10:06:51 PM PDT by freedom44
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King Darius prayed to Ahura Mazda for success in his battles with Alexander the Great, who prayed to the Greek gods to grant him victory. History showed us whose gods were stronger.

Interesting.

Alexander claimed to be the son of Zeus Ammon, the Greek version of the Egyptian oracle god, Amun. Amun had the horns and legs of a ram; and in the Zoroastrian tradition, was considered to be one of the evil spirits, the eternal rival of the Persian god Ahura Mazda. Ever since, the devil is depicted with ram's legs and horns.


Ammon

Alexander with horns and lion skin

Ammon is probably related to Baal Hammon, or what we now call the Semitic god Baal.
If you want to believe Alexander's defeat of Darius III depended on Baal being "stronger" than Ahura Mazda ... that's your opinion.

I'll put my money on the capture of Tyre and 60,000 Macedonian reinforcements. JMO.

27 posted on 06/26/2005 10:29:13 AM PDT by dread78645 (Sorry Mr. Franklin, We couldn't keep it.)
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