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To: aculeus

Add to that his impulsive behavior when drinking and his regret over it’s consequences, he’d have a hard time escaping the alkie Dx from a modern shrink. All Macedonians drank wine... often not mixed with water like the Greeks, it was how the alcohol effected him that was problematic.


13 posted on 08/17/2023 5:04:41 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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Alexander’s growing adoption of Persian customs, including the acceptance of practices like proskynesis that were considered degrading by many in the Macedonian army

So, he took a fancy to little dwarf women, eh? If I know my Greek pro = 2, so he liked them them two at a time like Fredo and the cocktail waitresses. What a strange bird.

16 posted on 08/17/2023 5:15:29 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I aim to misbehave.)
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