Regnabat in ea regione Omphis, qui patri quoque fuerat auctor  dedendi regnum Alexandro et post mortem parentis legatos miserat, qui consulerent eum regnare se interim vellet an privatum opperiri eius adventum.
In that region Omphis was king, who had induced his father also to surrender his kingdom  to Alexander and after the death of his parent had sent envoys to ask Alexander whether he wished him to reign in the interim, or as a private citizen to await  his coming.
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