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Quotation from The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian
“But he, having read the letter, and still holding it in his hand, took the cup which contained the medicine and gave Philip the letter to read. While Philip was reading the news from Parmenio, Alexander drank the potion”
The Campaigns of Alexander, Book II, Chapter 4, trans. E. J. Chinnock (1884)
Sick with fever at Tarsus, Alexander drinks Philip the Acarnanian's medicine while showing him Parmenio's letter accusing Philip of poisoning.
Citation: "But he, having read the letter, and still holding it in his hand, took the cup which contained the medicine and gave Philip the letter to read. While Philip was reading the news from Parmenio, Alexander drank the potion" — Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander, Book II, Chapter 4, trans. E. J. Chinnock (1884). (id the-campaigns-of-alexander-q5)
