Öd Lesandra Srbljanina;br Od svjeh cara, cara slavna; Alesandro to svedoci; Kralj veliki svega svitabr ( What was written in song long ago; of Lesandr the Serb;br A glorious emperor above all emperors). br br Ivan Gundulic (1589-1638), an early champion ofbr South Slav liberation, finds inspiration in the ancient and glorious Serbs, namely thebr person and figure of the Serbs' greatest king, Alexander the Great, Gundulic s Lesandrabr Srbljanina. According to P.P. Magoun Jr.