41. And besides this, he derived confidence, if one must mention the principal thing, not so much from that person's trustworthiness, as from confidence in his own strength, just as Alexander the Great seems to me out of similar confidence to have granted, not merely his life to the vanquished Porus, and that, too, after he had contended so vigorously for his kingdom, but the sovereignty of India to boot: as though he could display in no other way than this his magnanimity----a point in which he, being Alexander, deemed it far worse to be beaten, than by force of arms in the first instance; whilst, if he found him ungrateful, it still remained in his power to reduce him a second time to subjection; and the very superabundance of confidence produced his humanity.  

ΜΑʹ. Καὶ ἅμα τὸ θαῤῥεῖν εἶχεν, εἰ δεῖ τὸ μεῖζον εἰπεῖν, οὐ τοσοῦτον ἐκ τῆς ἐκείνου πίστεως, ὅσον ἐκ τῆς ἰδίας δυνάμεως: ᾗ μοι δοκεῖ καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος θαῤῥήσας ὁ πάνυ δοῦναι μὴ μόνον τὸ ζῇν ἡττημένῳ Πώρῳ, καὶ ταῦτα νεανικῶς οὕτως ἠγωνισμένῳ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὖθις Ἰνδῶν: ὡς τὸ μεγαλόψυχον οὐκ ἄλλως ἢ οὕτως ἐπιδειξόμενος, ᾧ κρατηθῆναι χεῖρον ἐνόμιζεν Ἀλέξανδρος ὢν ἢ τοῖς ὅπλοις: τοῦ δὲ, εἰ κακὸν λάβοι, χειρώσασθαι πάλιν ἐπ' αὐτῷ τυγχάνοντος. Καὶ ἦν αὐτῷ ἡ περιουσία τοῦ θαῤῥεῖν τὸ φιλάνθρωπον.