[231] Diodor. xvii. 28.
[232] Arrian, i. 24, 11; Plutarch, Alexand. 17.
[233] Arrian, i. 26, 4. οὐκ ἄνευ τοῦ θείου, ὡς αὐτός τε καὶ οἱ ἀμφ᾽ αὐτὸν ἐξηγοῦντο, etc. Strabo, xiv. p. 666; Curtius, v. 3, 22.
Plutarch’s words (Alexand. 17) must be taken to mean that Alexander did not boast so much of this special favor from the gods, as some of his panegyrists boasted for him.
[234] Arrian, i. 27, 1-8
[235] Curtius. iii. 1, 8.
[236] Arrian, i. 29, 1-5.
[237] Arrian, ii. 3; Curtius, iii. 2, 17; Plutarch, Alex. 18; Justin, xi. 7.
[238] Arrian, i. 29, 8.
[239] Arrian, ii. 1, 4-9.