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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.

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  • Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Drawing by or after E. Le Sueur, 16--.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Line engraving by B. Audran, the elder, after E. Le Sueur.
  • Diogenes, being offered whatever he wants by Alexander the Great, asks Alexander to step aside so that he can see the sun: Alexander realizes that the person who desires little is happier than the person who demands much. Etching by S. Rosa.
  • Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrating his trust in his physician Philip of Acarnania by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him despite allegations that it was a poison. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1772, after B. West, the elder.

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    The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix'd, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great / By Sir Isaac Newton.

    Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. | Date: 1728
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    The buik of the most noble and vailzeand conquerour Alexander the Great / [Printer's mark] [Editied by D. Laing].

    Barbour, John, approximately 1320-1395 | Date: 1831
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    Ad Aristotelem praeceptorem de rebus Indiae mirabilibus epistola / [Alexander].

    Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. | Date: 1537
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    Ad Aristotelem praeceptorem de rebus Indiae mirabilibus epistola / [Alexander].

    Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C | Date: 1537
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    Aristotele's secret of secrets contracted; being the sum of his advice to Alexander the Great, about the preservation of health and government / Formerly translated out of the original Greek into Latin, and ... now faithfully rendered into English.

    Aristotle | Date: 1702

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