Реферат: Alexander III Essay Research Paper Alexander IIIAccording

month drinking binge. Plutarch tells us this story. When he came to Ecbatana in

Media, and had despatched his most urgent affairs, he began to divert himself

again with spectacles and public entertainments, to carry on which he had a

supply of 3000 actors and artists, newly arrived out of Greece.

Alexander’s plan of three months of pleasure was quickly interrupted.

Alexander’s closest companion and suspected lover, Hephaestion fell sick of a

fever. Being a young man and a soldier he had to continue to party and drink

heavily. While his doctor, Glaucus was at the theatre, Hephaestion ate a fowl

for dinner, and drank a large draught of wine. He quickly fell ill and shortly

thereafter, died. Alexander was so completely upset that he ordered the tails

and manes of all the horses be cut to show respect. He then crucified the doctor,

Glaucus.

Alexander III had another party in Susa. Susa was the adminsrative

capital of the Persian empire. Alexander first went to Susa shortly after the

Battle of Gaugamela. There he took control of the money, totalling 50,000

talents($60 million) as well as the rest of the royal property.

Alexander was again in Susa in 324 B.C. There he performed a mass

marriage. Between eighty and a hundred Macedonian officials took one Persian

women each, including Hephaestion and Ptolemy. Alexander himself took two new

brides. The wedding was done in traditional Persian style. The bridegroom would

sit down in chairs, after a toss the brides came in, took them by the hand, and

kissed them. Every guest that sat down for the banquet(roughly 30,000) had a

gold cup before them. The celebration went on for no less than 5 days. There was

also a big parade in the park.