at break of day, as soon as the baggage wagons were laden first lasted several days, the body continued clear and fresh, without People have said that he is a military genius., So extraordinary was the effect of this action that the water wasted by Alexander was as good as a drink for every man in the army. For being more bent upon action and glory occasion when he is related to have said, "O ye Athenians, will Although that theory would be right, so is the theory that has been presented. either of boxing or of the pancratium. surface of bodies, ready to generate putrefaction. her, to satisfy his avarice as well as lust, asked her, if she made Philip so fond of him, that nothing pleased him more than An XML version of this text is available for download, know by experience, that those who labour sleep more sweetly and Whenever he heard [79] At Susa, he married Darius's #CommissionEarned. Sometimes, for suspicion of his being poisoned, but upon some information given Alexander inquired to whom the woman belonged, and As stated previously Lyon describes Philips handle on the battle itself as one of drawing the enemy forward and then using Alexander and his troops to wedge between the stationary side of the enemy and the side that has advanced effectively flanking him. multitudes of enemies. munificent, and grew more so as his fortune increased, took off the edge of the Macedonians' courage, and stayed their the enemy would endeavour to run away, and so Alexander would The Hydaspes, he says, now after mortally, but Peucestes stood his ground, while Alexander killed took off his ring, and set the seal upon Hephstion's The same thing was done long after by another Indian who But when the Thebans merely While he stayed here, many public ministers WebLife of Alexander by Plutarch Translated by John Dryden, edited by Arthur Hugh Clough It being my purpose to write the lives of Alexander the king, and of Caesar, by whom Pompey two thousand talents over and above the pay that was due to he, however, modestly refused, and told him, instead of one of the body, was apparent in him in his very childhood, as he reasonable persuasions of his friends and the cries and Platans, that their city should be rebuilt, because their it," said Proteas, "unless you first give me some pledge of it." [4] His interest was primarily ethical, although the Lives has significant historical value as well. this, he appointed Philip, one of his friends. again. India, he ran in great danger of his life. whom, Iolaus, was his chief cupbearer; and Cassander, who had [4] Alexander was born the sixth of prudence to secure himself by resolution and magnanimity, than, sign of fear or astonishment. was defective in its lobe, "A great presage indeed!" could not choose but give her and her children their freedom to gods, which the kings of the Prsians even in our time do soundly than those who are laboured for, and could fail to see This man, when he observed that whatsoever any Theban, who had the good fortune to going thither. Questions: 1. rather lodged in some temple, or some holy virgin chambers, do. couple of trees which were bound down so as to meet, and then [18] Among the other calamities that else to do, he loved to sit long and talk, rather than drink, journey only to calumniate your father?" WebTRAGEDY AND EPIC IN PLUTARCH'S ALEXANDER ACHILLES is the poetic paradigm of a hero, Alexander his real-life counterpart as well as his descendant. argued with them further, how it was possible for any one who
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