![Paolo Veronese - The Family of Darius Before Alexander [1565-67] by Gandalf's Gallery](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7276/7151666295_7c14b59a09.jpg)
Paolo Veronese - The Family of Darius Before Alexander [1565-67], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.
The story illustrates the mistake made by the family of Darius, the defeated Persian Emperor, in identifying Alexander after the Battle of Issus. Alexander and his friend Hephaestion visited Darius's tent; the mother of Darius, misled by Hephaestion's splendour and bearing, offered him the obeisance due to the victorious monarch; Alexander forgave her.
[Oil on canvas, 236.2 x 474.9 cm]
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