02-09-2007, 04:56 AM
Wasn't it Plutarch that related the story of Octavian visiting Alexander's tomb in Alexandria and on being asked if he wanted to see Ptolemy's tomb remarked "I asked to see kings, not corpses"?
If the anecdote is true it would indicate that Alexander's body was in Egypt at least in the latter part of the 1st Century BC.
As for the story of Arabs stealing his body, I have never heard of it and I simply cannot find a motivation for it
If the anecdote is true it would indicate that Alexander's body was in Egypt at least in the latter part of the 1st Century BC.
As for the story of Arabs stealing his body, I have never heard of it and I simply cannot find a motivation for it
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