[[248]] The Religion of Ancient Rome, Cyril Bailey, p. 50.
[[249]] The Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great (Ethiopic version of the Pseudo Callisthenes), pp. 133-4. The conversation possibly never took place, but it is of interest in so far as it reflects beliefs which were familiar to the author of this ancient work. His Brahmans evidently believed that immortality was denied to ordinary men, and reserved only for the king, who was the representative of the deity, of course.
[[250]] Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria, Morris Jastrow, pp. 358-9.
[[251]] The Mahàbhàrata (Sabha Parva section), Roy's translation, pp. 25-7.
[[252]] A History of Sumer and Akkad, L.W. King, pp. 181-2.
[[253]] Genesis, xxxv, 2-4.
[[254]] The Religion of Ancient Egypt, W.M. Flinders Petrie, p. 72.
[[255]] Sabha Parva section of the Mahàbhàrata (Roy's trans.), p. 29.
[[256]] Egyptian Myth and Legend, p. 214.
[[257]] Canto iv:--