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Old 07-28-2020, 03:21 AM   #21
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There is a difference between the earliest writings and the earliest writings that we have copies of. There were quite a few people who were contemporaries of Alexander who wrote about him, but we don't have any copies of those works. We just have references to those works by later writers. The Greek historian Arrian used the writings of Ptolemy I, one of Alexander's generals and Aristobulus, an officer in Alexander's army for his history of Alexander's campaigns.
Chinese whispers was a fun game. Curious to see that Wikipedia says North Americans call this game "telephone".
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