Why did Alexander the Great abandon his attempt to introduce proskynesis among Macedonians and Greeks?

Alexander the Great abandoned his attempt to introduce proskynesis—a Persian court ceremonial involving prostration—because it was fundamentally incompatible with the cultural values of his Macedonian and Greek followers.12

For the Persians, this gesture was a customary way to greet the king, but for the Greeks and Macedonians, it was viewed as an act of worship. They considered it intolerable and impious to perform such an act of adoration before a fellow human being. The historian Callisthenes, who was the nephew of Aristotle, famously refused to abase himself, voicing the collective discomfort of the Greeks. Ultimately, the experiment foundered due to widespread Macedonian laughter and resistance, leading Alexander to cease his insistence on the practice.12