From Mt. Nemrut
King Antiochus 1. followed a tradition of
claiming divine and powerful ancestors.
From his father he could
follow the line all
the way to the mighty Persian king Dareios,
and the Greek
line, through his mother, to
Alexander the great.
Later the Christian writers of the
New
Testament tried the same with Jesus. They
made two lines too, both of them
back to
king David...supposed Joseph was his real
father.
For myself I can follow the line
back to
beggars and half slaves, through my
mother's as well as father's ancestor
lines.
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