Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2001

Publication Title

Syllecta Classica

Volume

12

Issue

1

First Page

98

Last Page

145

Abstract

To say that Hephaistion's death devastated the conqueror merely repeats a commonplace. But was Alexander's subsequent bereavement excessive, or-to use clinical terms-pathological?l Pervading popular opinion has been a guarded (or not-so-guarded) "yes." Nonetheless, I propose to argue that a number of actions heretofore seen as abnormal are in fact behaviors typical of the bereaved. The difference in Alexander's case was due to his wealth and his authority: he could both afford such gestures and have them enforced.

Comments

Syllecta Classica can be found here: https://clas.uiowa.edu/classics/syllecta/home.

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