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