Transcription: Alexander's next important stop was at Thermopylae, where he intended to be recognized as Philip has been, a patron of the Temple of Delphi. After the people of Thessaly accepted Alexander as the chief general of the Hellenists, Greeks, he continued his course and camped outside Tides. There he obtained the alliance of the Thebians as well as the Athenians, who sent a party of envoys to declare their support. Alexander then asked the Hellenic cities to send deputies to Corinne.