Alexander the Great by Menas 3rd C. BCE

"When Mazaces the Persian, whom Darius had appointed viceroy of Egypt, ascertained how the battle at Issus had resulted, that Darius had fled in disgraceful flight, and that Phoenicia, Syria, and most of Arabia were already in Alexander’s possession, as he had no Persian force with which he could offer resistance, he admitted Alexander into the cities and the country in a friendly way. Alexander introduced a garrison into Pelusium, and ordering the men in the ships to sail up the river as far as the city of Memphis, he went in person towards Heliopolis, having the river Nile on his right. He reached that city through the desert, after getting possession of all the places on the march through the voluntary surrender of the inhabitants. Thence he crossed the stream and came to Memphis; where he offered sacrifice to Apis and the other Gods, and celebrated a gymnastic and musical contest, the most distinguished artists in these matters coming to him from Greece."

-Arrian: The Anabasis of Alexander - Book 3 Chapter 1

Alexander the Great by Menas 3rd C. BCE, after an original by Lysippos. Current location: Istanbul Archaeological Museum.

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http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46976/46976-h/46976-h.htm#Page_140