Ἀλέξανδρος

Sections

1.1 – 1.3 2.1 – 2.3 2.4 – 2.6 3.1 – 3.3 3.4 – 4.1 4.2 – 4.4 4.5 – 5.1 5.2 – 5.4 5.5 – 6.2 6.3 – 6.4 6.5 – 7.2 7.3 – 7.4 7.5 – 8.2 8.3 – 9.1 9.2 – 9.3 9.4 – 9.5 9.6 – 10.2 10.3 – 10.3 10.4 – 10.4 11.1 – 11.2 11.3 – 11.4 11.5 – 12.1 12.2 – 13.1 13.2 – 13.3 14.1 – 14.3 14.4 – 14.5 15.1 – 15.3 15.4 – 16.1 16.2 – 16.3 16.4 – 16.5 16.6 – 16.7 16.8 – 17.1 17.2 – 17.3 17.4 – 18.1 18.2 – 18.4 18.5 – 19.2 19.3 – 19.4 19.5 – 20.2 20.3 – 20.4 20.5 – 20.7 20.8 – 21.2 21.3 – 21.5 22.1 – 22.3 22.4 – 23.1 23.2 – 23.3 23.4 – 23.6 24.1 – 24.4 24.5 – 24.7 24.8 – 25.1 25.2 – 25.4 25.5 – 26.2 26.3 – 26.4 26.5 – 26.6 26.7 – 27.2 27.3 – 27.4 27.5 – 28.1 28.2 – 28.3 29.1 – 29.2 29.3 – 29.4 30.1 – 30.3 30.4 – 30.5 30.6 – 31.1 31.2 – 31.3 31.4 – 31.6 31.7 – 32.1 32.2 – 32.4 32.5 – 32.7 33.1 – 33.2 33.3 – 33.4 33.5 – 33.7 34.1 – 34.2 35.1 – 35.3 35.4 – 35.5 35.6 – 35.8 36.1 – 37.1 37.2 – 37.4 38.1 – 38.3 38.4 – 39.1 39.2 – 39.3 39.4 – 39.5 39.6 – 40.1 40.2 – 40.4 41.1 – 41.3 41.4 – 42.1 42.2 – 42.4 42.5 – 43.1 43.2 – 43.3 44.1 – 44.3 45.1 – 45.3 45.4 – 46.2 47.1 – 47.2 47.3 – 47.4 47.5 – 47.7 48.1 – 48.4 48.5 – 49.3 49.4 – 49.5 49.6 – 49.8 50.1 – 50.3 50.4 – 50.6 51.1 – 51.3 51.4 – 51.6 52.1 – 52.3 52.4 – 52.5 53.1 – 53.3 53.4 – 54.1 54.2 – 54.4 55.1 – 55.3 55.4 – 55.5 56.1 – 57.1 57.2 – 57.3 57.4 – 58.1 58.2 – 58.4 58.5 – 59.2 59.3 – 60.1 60.2 – 60.4 60.5 – 60.6 60.7 – 60.8 61.1 – 62.1 62.2 – 62.3 62.4 – 63.1 63.2 – 63.4 63.5 – 63.6 64.1 – 64.3 64.4 – 65.1 65.2 – 65.4 66.1 – 66.2 66.3 – 67.2 67.3 – 68.1 68.2 – 68.4 69.1 – 69.2 69.3 – 69.4 70.1 – 70.2 70.3 – 71.1 71.2 – 71.3 71.4 – 72.1 72.2 – 72.3 72.4 – 73.1 73.2 – 73.3 73.4 – 74.1 74.2 – 75.1 75.2 – 75.4 76.1 – 76.2 76.3 – 77.1 77.2 – 77.4 77.5 – 77.5

İngilizce Yunanca

75.2 So, you see, while it is a dire thing to be incredulous towards indications of the divine will and to have contempt for them, superstition is likewise a dire thing, which, after the manner of water ever seeking the lower levels, filled with folly the Alexander who was now become a prey to his fears. Notwithstanding, in consequence of oracular responses regarding Hephaestion which were brought him, he laid aside his grief and betook himself once more to sacrifices and drinking-bouts.

75.3 He gave a splendid entertainment to Nearchus, and then, although he had taken his customary bath before going to bed, at the request of Medius he went to hold high revel with him;Cf. Arrian, Anab. vii. 25. and here, after drinking all the next day, he began to have a fever. This did not come upon him after he had quaffed a bowl of Heracles, nor after he had been seized with a sudden pain in the back as though smitten with a spear; these particulars certain writers felt obliged to give, and so, as it were, invented in tragic fashion a moving finale for a great action.

75.4 But Aristobulus says that he had a raging fever, and that when he got very thirsty he drank wine, whereupon he became delirious, and died on the thirtieth day of the month Daesius.