Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

XXVIII INTRODUCTION.
shewed itself at an early period, for, though he
was vigorous, or rather, violent in his other pursuits,
he was not easily moved by the pleasures of the
He took body; and if he tasted them it was with great
wine
ingiy.
spar- • j ,
moderation.
t T
He was very temperate
•
in
•
eating,
and not so much addicted to the use of wine as
he was thought to be;' when business called he
was not to be detained by wine, or sleep, or
pleasure, or honourable love, or the most enter-
taining spectacle. Soon after rising he sacrificed
to the gods and then took a meal sitting down;
the rest of the day he read and wrote and passed
in hunting or in athletic exercises, and he took
His teift-his last meal late in the evening. As concerning
naturally ths vlrtuc of his contiuence there seems to have
"'''• been some doubt among ancient writers,'' and there
are not wanting those who accuse him of abomin-
able practices.^ Some say that he was, in regard
' Life of Alexander, xxii.
^ Compare 'Iepdjvu|u6s re, ev TaTs; 'ETriCTToXaTc;, 0e6cppa-
(JTOV (pr|(Ti Xeyeiv, on 'AXeSavbpo? ouk eu bieKeiTO npb(;
ctcppobiaia. 'OXuiaTtia&o? foOv Kai TrapaKXivdcrric; auTUj
KaXXigeivav Tr)V QexiaXriv eiaipav, TrepiKaXXeatdTriv oucrav,
Gweiboroq toOto Kai toO OiXittttou, (euXapoOvio ydp |uri
-fuvviq eiri) TToXXccKi? i^'xei auir) tov 'AXegavbpov cruyTevea-
Oai. Athenaeus, Deipnosoj>histae (ed. Schweighaeuser, torn,
i''- P- 93)) lib. X. 45- The word Tuvviq = Yivoq, Lat. ginnus,
i. e., hinnus. The form yTvos occurs in an inscription from
Rhodes; see Greek Inscriptions in the British Museum, part
2, p. 123.
J ct>iX6TTaii; h' r\v iK\xaMwq Kai 'AXeSavbpoq 6 BaaiXeuq.
Athenaeus, xiii. 80. On the other hand we have the indig-