ALEXANDER'S LAST CAROUSE.
The drinking party at Medius' in Babylon on 31 May 323 b.c., marking the onset of Alexander's terminal illness, is explored from contemporary and later texts. Close reading of fragments by Nicobule and Aristobulus, set beside the reticence of the court daybooks (Ephemerides) and the studied vaguenes...
| Publicado en: | Classical Quarterly Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 511 - 529 |
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Cambridge University Press
Dec2024
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