A boy and his...Dolphin?
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A boy and his...Dolphin?
Green mentions that during campaigning in Caria Alexander came across a young boy celebrity who had befriended a dolphin. Does anyone know where this story originates?Nicator
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Thus, rain sodden and soaked, under darkness cloaked,
Alexander began, his grand plan, invoked...
The Epic of Alexander
Thus, rain sodden and soaked, under darkness cloaked,
Alexander began, his grand plan, invoked...
The Epic of Alexander
Re: A boy and his...Dolphin?
The only story that I know is of Arion & the Dolphin, but that is set in Corinth.Susan
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Re: A boy and his...Dolphin?
I'm going to have to read Green again, 'cos I don't remember this at all! 
Re: A boy and his...Dolphin?
I believe it's according to Plinius that a young boy used to swim with a dolphin who carried him away and then returned him safely. According to him, Alexander the Great, so charmed with this story, took the youth along with him and made him a priest of Poseidon, the Sea God. Some of the coins discovered at Iassos show a boy swimming beside a dolphin, with an arm over its back.
The dolphins were extremely respected by ancient Greeks. The punishment for killing a dolphin was death!
Many cities struck dolphins on their coins as well, some of them with the "boy and the dolphin" theme. One of the oldest Greek coins was in the shape of a dolphin!
The dolphins were extremely respected by ancient Greeks. The punishment for killing a dolphin was death!
Many cities struck dolphins on their coins as well, some of them with the "boy and the dolphin" theme. One of the oldest Greek coins was in the shape of a dolphin!