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10
Robert M. Cook, Os Gregos até Alexandre, pág. 184.
11
Paul Petit, La Civilisation Hellénistique, pág. 4. Tradução livre do autor. Alexandre encore est responsable
de cette hellénisation du monde antique, qui demeure le dénominateur commun de tous les faits ‘hellénistiques’:
l’insertion des Grecs dans le monde oriental et la diffusion en Occident même de la civilisation qui en procéda,
telles sont les conséquences directes de l’oeuvre du Macédonien.
12
Henri van Effenterre, A Idade Grega, pág. 273.
13
Plutarco, Vidas Paralelas, vol. 4, pág. 134.
14
Idem, Ibidem. pág. 136.
15
Idem, Ibidem. pág. 137.
16
Idem, Ibidem. págs. 138 e 138.
17
Idem, Ibidem. loc. cit.
18
Idem, Ibidem. loc. cit.
19
Idem, Ibidem. pág. 140.
20
Idem, Ibidem. págs. 195 e 196.
21
Michael Macrone, It’s Greek to me!, pág. 57. Tradução livre do autor. Plutarch (among others), in his Life
of Alexander the Great, relates of Diogenes. Alexander, proclaimed general of all Greece, is visited at Corinth
by various philosophers and dignataires, but not by the famous Diogenes. The general ventures forth to find the
cynic, and discovers him sunbathing, when Alexander asks whether there were anything he might do for Diogenes,
the latter replies, ‘stand out of the sun a little’. Alexander greatly marveled at Diogenes’ boldness; ‘if I were not
Alexander’, he rhapsodized, ‘I would be Diogenes’.
22
Plutarco, op. cit., pág. 150.
23
Michael H. Hart, The One Hundred, a Ranking of the most influentical persons in History, pág. 180.
Tradução livre do autor. Alexander, Napoleon, and Hitler seem fairly close in overall influence. One gets the
impression, though, that the influence of the other two men will be less enduring than that of Alexander on that
basis, he has been ranked slightly above them, even though his short-term influence was somewhat less than theirs.
24
Richard Stonemann (org.), The Greek Alexander Romance.
25
Idem. Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths of World History, pág. 12. Tradução livre do autor. Alexander
the Great was the first person in history to prove that killing lots of people is easy if you put your mind to it.
27
Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Athens on Trial, pág. 5. Tradução livre do autor. One of the most popular sources
from which later civilizations learned about Greek history was the biographies of Plutarch (...).
28
Idem, Ibidem. pág. 7. Tradução livre do autor. Plutarch, by far the most influential source for ancient Greek
and politics until the nineteenth century (...).
29
Idem, Ibidem. pág. 111. Tradução livre do autor. Plutarch’s treatment of Athenian democracy is enormously
important, because his works probably had more impact on the writing of Greek history prior to nineteenth
century than those ofs any other writer.
26
Idem. op. cit., págs. 12 e 13. Tradução livre do autor. In one battle alone, says Plutarch, Alexander’s army
killed 100,000 Persians. Plutarch leaves the impression this was a considerable achievement. Whether the
Persians felt the same way he doesn’t say. Plutarch, incidentally, probably exaggerated the death toll. (...) When
he killed the wrong person, he was always very sorry. Plutarch says when Alexander killed his best friend during
an argument he deeply mourned the loss, crying his heart out for two whole days. Plutarch says Alexander
slaughtered people to show then who was boss.
30
Anthony Burgess, A Literatura Inglesa, pág. 112.
31
Harold Bloom, O Cânone Ocidental, pág. 151.