[371] We learn from _Strabo_ (xvii. 1), on the authority of Callisthenes, that the declaration of the oracle of Ammon was confirmed by those of Apollo at Branchidae near Miletus, and of Athena at Erythrae in Ionia. Plutarch (_Alex._, 28) and _Arrian_ (vii. 29) assert that Alexander set afloat the declaration that he was the son of Zeus to overawe the foreigners over whom he was extending his rule. [372] Ewald and others think that Heroöpolis was identical with the Raamses of the Bible. Raamses, or Rameses, is a Coptic word meaning “the son of the sun.” [373] A city founded by the Milesians on the Canopic branch of the Nile. It remained a purely Greek city, being the only place where Greeks were allowed to settle and trade in Egypt. Cf. _Herodotus_, ii. 97, 135, 178, 179. [374] Cf. Tacitus (_Historiae_, i. 11). [375] We learn, from _Curtius_ (iv. 34), that Alexander went to Samaria to chastise the inhabitants, who had burnt his deputy, Andromachus, to death. [376] From early times the Athenians kept two sacred vessels for state purposes, the one called the _Paralus_ and the other _Salaminia_. In the earliest times the former was used for coasting purposes, and the latter for the journey to Salamis. Hence their respective names. See Dr. Smith’s _Dict. of Antiquities_. Aeschines, in his oration against Ctesiphon (p. 550), asserts that he was informed by the seamen of the _Paralus_ that Demosthenes on this occasion sent a letter to Alexander soliciting pardon and favour. [377] Cf. Aelian, _Varia Historia_, i. 25; _Curtius_, iv. 34. [378] Beroea was a city of Macedonia, on the Astraeus, a tributary of the Haliacmon, about 20 miles from the sea. [379] Other historians call this queen Cleopatra. She was the daughter of a Macedonian named Attalus. Plutarch (_Alex._, 9 and 10) says that she was cruelly put to death by Olympias during Alexander’s absence. _Justin_ (ix. 7; xi. 2) states that Olympias first slew her daughter on her mother’s bosom and then had Cleopatra hanged; while Alexander put to death Caranus, the infant son of Philip and Cleopatra. _Pausanias_ (viii. 7) says that Olympias caused Cleopatra and her infant son to be roasted on a brazen vessel. Cf. Aelian (_Varia Historia_, xiii. 35). [380] This king was brother of Alexander’s mother Olympias, and husband of Cleopatra the daughter of Philip and Olympias. He crossed over into Italy to aid the Tarentines against the Lucanians and Bruttians, but was eventually defeated and slain near Pandosia, B.C. 326. [381] June-July, B.C. 331. [382] We learn, from _Curtius_ (iv. 37), that Alexander took eleven days to march from Phoenicia to the Euphrates.