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Alexander had Homeric plans, plans that required a Homeric pedigree. He had Homeric parents all right, but divine parents under the worst possible track lighting: Philip was a philandering Zeus, Olympias a cantankerous Hera. He just wanted to get the hell out of THIS waking Hades! And what? Sire a son and leave it with either of THEM? No way Praxiteles!Manny E
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No prob! I figured you didn't have your computer files handy.

Well, 'handy' in that I *could* get to them ... not handy in that I was too lazy! :-)M

Hi Marcus,it is mentionned in the Metz Epitome."it's fair to say that the reasons for disbelieving it are, in fact, just as good"i'm afraid i cannot agree with you here. The sources are all we have and the "testis unus testis nullus"-principle doesn't really work for antiquity, especially since, as you said, there are very good reasons why the other sources would not mention it.regards,abm

Hi Alexander,It looks as if we'll have to disagree, then :-)However good the reasons for believing the story to be true are, the fact that it is *only* mentioned in the Metz Epitome (thanks for correcting me on that) is a perfectly good reason to doubt its veracity.Personally I am inclined to believe it, but I can't say that there is any better reason to do so.CheersMarcus