Prayer of Opis
Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 2:45 pm
Can anyone enlighten me on the prayer of Opis? Thanks, Jan
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Re: Prayer of Opis
Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 3:25 am
I don't know about a prayer of Opis but I have a t-shirt with the speech made at Opis written in Greek.
Re: Prayer of Opis
Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 6:34 am
'Alexander prayed for various blessings and especially that the Macedonians and Persians should enjoy harmony (homonia) as partners in government.'
Arrian VII 11 ix. This is NOT aprayer for the unity of mankind.
Arrian VII 11 ix. This is NOT aprayer for the unity of mankind.
Re: Prayer of Opis
Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 6:55 am
Very succinctly put, Karl! :-)All the bestMarcus
Re: Prayer of Opis
Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 6:32 pm
Wow! That is wonderful. I would love to see it sometime. I did find mention of it in Tarn on pp.116-117 in the book published in 1948. Thanks, Ruthaki. 
Re: Prayer of Opis
Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 2:44 pm
Thanks, Karl. I found this prayer as a cover on the Yahoo group site. That is why I asked, and later, I did find a reference to it in the book by Tarn. Somehow I did not feel that the statement on the Yahoo group made sense, but maybe I am wrong. Maybe it is as he said it. It just doesn't sound right to me. And I wondered if anyone had any knowledge of it. Thanks so much.Jan