RELATIONS OF THE LYCIANS AND PERSIANS. 45 



The march of Alexander appears to have been 

 directed to those countries in which the Persians 

 were most numerous or possessed the greatest 

 influence over the Greek portion of the inhabitants 

 of Asia Minor; for he frequently appeals to the 

 latter for aid and assistance in a national cause, 

 viz., that of ridding the country of their common 

 enemy the Persians. This most probably was a 

 chief motive for inducing him to march into 

 Lycia, although so full of difficulties. 



Plutarch says the guide who was to lead 

 Alexander to the frontiers of Lycia, was a native 

 of Lycia, but, by his mother's side, a Persian. 

 Pharnacus was another Lycian skilled in the 

 barbarian language (Arrian, B. iv. c. 3). These 

 are historical facts which tend to link at a 

 certain period the Persians with the Lycians. 



Mr. Walpole has in his Appendix collected 

 some very important extracts, which show that 

 the Carians also understood the Persian as well 

 as their own tongue; natives of Caria were on 

 several occasions chosen as interpreters between 

 the Greek nation and the Persian Court. (See 

 Walpole's Memoirs.) The same reason which 

 we gave for the introduction of the Persian 

 language into Lycia, founded partly upon his- 



