Πως Αλεξανδρος ηχθη (Πῶς Ἀλέξανδρος ἤχθη)

Onesicritus, How Alexander was Educated

Alexander's chief helmsman, a Cynic, describes his interview with the naked philosophers near Taxila (Calanus and Mandanis), the utopian kingdom of Musicanus, the banyan, Indian snakes and the size of Taprobane.

Language

Ancient Greek

Date

325–310 BCE

Author

Ὀνησίκριτος ὁ Ἀστυπαλαιεύς

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