- published: 18 May 2016
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Roxana (Ancient Greek: Ῥωξάνη; Old Iranian Raoxshna; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Roxandra and Roxane), was a Bactrian princess and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain, and died in c. 310 BC.
Roxana was born in ca. 340 BC—she was the daughter of a Bactrian nobleman named Oxyartes, who served Bessus, the satrap of Bactria and Sogdia. He was thus probably also involved in the murder of the last Achaemenid king Darius III. After Bessus was captured by the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great, Oxyartes and his family continued to resist the Greeks, and along with other Iranian notables such as the Sogdian warlord Spitamenes, enforced themselves in a fortress known as the Sogdian Rock.
However, they were eventually defeated by Alexander, who reportedly fell in love with Roxana on sight; in 327 BC, Alexander married Roxana despite the strong opposition from all his companions and generals. Alexander thereafter made an expedition into India, where he appointed Oxyartes as the governor of Punjab and its surroundings. During this period, Roxana was in a safe place in Susa. When Alexander returned to Susa, he promoted a brother of Roxana as one of the troops of the elite cavalry.
You say how your world is closing in
Feels as if the sun will never come this way again
And all these days
You’ve been running like a river that is rushing to the edge and
You’re falling in too deep
Chorus:
Close your eyes
I’ll be here keeping guard by your side
Till your worries are melting away
And your dreams come to carry you
Far from sorrow
Close your eyes
I’ll be here till the sunrise
I wish I could make them go away
All those shadows chasing you, but please don’t be afraid
You’ll break through, but all you need to do for now is rest
Here for awhile until tomorrow comes for you
(Chorus repeat)
Bridge:
In time you’ll find you’re stronger then you ever knew you were
You can let go
(Chorus repeat)