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Quotation from The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian
“But in my opinion the narratives of Ptolemy and Aristobulus are more worthy of credit than the rest”
The Campaigns of Alexander, Arrian's Preface, trans. E. J. Chinnock (1884)
Why Arrian privileges Ptolemy and Aristobulus: both served with Alexander, and Ptolemy later became a king for whom falsification would have been especially shameful.
Citation: "But in my opinion the narratives of Ptolemy and Aristobulus are more worthy of credit than the rest" — Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander, Arrian's Preface, trans. E. J. Chinnock (1884). (id the-campaigns-of-alexander-q2)
