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Dialogues of the Dead (12.1)

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Alexander

Libyan, I claim precedence of you. I am the better man.

Hannibal

Pardon me.

Alexander

Then let Minos decide.

Minos

Who are you both?

Alexander

This is Hannibal, the Carthaginian: I am Alexander, the son of Philip.

Minos

Bless me, a distinguished pair! And what is the quarrel about?

Alexander

It is a question of precedence. He says he is the better general: and I maintain that neither Hannibal nor (I might almost add) any of my predecessors was my equal in strategy; all the world knows that.

v.1.p.126
Minos

Well, you shall each have your say in turn: the Libyan first.

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