Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . ana Hephaestion mourned greatly for this, his one friend of friends;for as Patroclus to Achilles, so was Hephaestion to Alexan-der. He prepared a funeral pyre in his honor at Babylonwhich is said to have cost ten thousand talents (twelve mil-lions of dollars). His funeralia were celebrated by the mostmagnificent gymnastic and musical contests he had evergiven, at a further expense of two thousand t
Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . ana Hephaestion mourned greatly for this, his one friend of friends;for as Patroclus to Achilles, so was Hephaestion to Alexan-der. He prepared a funeral pyre in his honor at Babylonwhich is said to have cost ten thousand talents (twelve mil-lions of dollars). His funeralia were celebrated by the mostmagnificent gymnastic and musical contests he had evergiven, at a further expense of two thousand talents. Alex-ander is said to have crucified Glaucus, Hephaistions doctor, 644 DEATH OF HEPH^STION. for allowing him to eat a roast fowl and wash it down witha goblet of new wine. There had been a quarrel between Eumenes, the kings sec-retary, and Hephsestion; but Alexander had managed toreconcile the two. Eumenes had for seven years been Philipssecretary. For the thirteen years of Alexanders reign hefilled the same position to the king. History is apt to showus its heroes surrounded by their military family and lieuten-ants. The civil officers one more rarely hears about. And. Alexanders Last Marches. yet, in moving such an army as Alexanders, what efficientmen they must have been! Cornelius Nepos abundantlytestifies to Eumenes ability, and he showed it after Alexan-ders death. After the mourning for Hephaestion had been prolongedfor many days, and the year was drawing to a close, Alexan- COSS^AN CAMPAIGN. 645 der brought himself to undertake an expedition against theCossaeans. This was rather a campaign necessary to securethe road from Susa to Ecbatana than a mere man hunt torouse himself from his sorrow for Hephaestions death. TheCossseans were a tribe of marauders northeast from Susa,who, like the Uxians, had not been subdued by Persia, butkept quiet by gifts. They never came to an open fight, butwoidd disjaerse in small parties to their strongholds and hiding-places whenev
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