[**The following takes place around the time that Alexander was forced by his men into turning around instead of continuing their conquest of Asia/Arabia.**] >Twelve great commemorative altars, in honour of the twelve Olympian gods, were erected by the river. Their hyperbolic [**exaggerated**] dimensions, together with those of various special outsize fortifications, pieces of military equipment, and even dining-couches, which [Alexander](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Alexander_the_Great_mosaic.jpg) now had made and left behind, were designed to provide the natives with evidence that their enemies had been ‘men of huge stature, displaying the strength of giants’. ___________________________ **Source:** Green, Peter. “The Quest for Ocean.” Alexander of Macedon: 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography. Univ. of California Press, 2005. 411. Print. **Original Source Listed:** *Vit. Apollon. Tyan*. 2.43. ____________________________ **Further Reading:** [Alexander III of Macedon / Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας (Alexander the Great)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great) ____________________________ #Happy April Fools!