Plutarch • Life of Alexander (Part 1 of 7)
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An English translation. All of Plutarch's Lives are onsite; in turn part of a very large site on classical Antiquity.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/PositiveDepth1533 on 2025-01-27 22:02:05+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Alexander the Great apparently slept with an annotated copy of his favorite book, the Iliad, given to him by his tutor Aristotle under his pillow along with a dagger to harm anyone that tried to take it from him while he slept.