Life of Alexander, 1.13.3

Plutarch  translated by Bernadotte Perrin

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3And certainly the murder of Cleitus,[21] which he committed in his cups, and the cowardly refusal of his Macedonians to follow him against the Indians,[22] whereby they as it were robbed his expedition and his glory of their consummation, he was wont to attribute to the vengeful wrath of Dionysus.[23] And there was not a Theban of those that survived who afterwards came to him with any request and did not get what he wanted from him. Thus much concerning Thebes.[24]

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Notes

  • [21] See chapter li.

  • [22] See chapter lxii.

  • [23] This god was said to have been born of Semele, daughter of Cadmus the founder of Thebes.

  • [24] For a full account of Alexander's capture and destruction of Thebes, see Arrian, Anab. i. 8 f.