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47. Carney 2007b: 144 n. 58 observes that the most famous (alleged?)
example of this prohibition, which resulted in Cassander’s inability to
recline even by the age of thirty-fi ve (Athenaeus 1.18a), most likely originated
in the propaganda of his political opponents.
48. Landucci Gattinoni 1997: 13.
49. Cf. Carney 2007b: 145 n. 59.
50. Carney 2007b: 144–45.
51. On Alexander’s propensity for large cups, see also Athenaeus
10.434d and Plut. Mor. 454d–e and 623f–624a.
52. Cf. Davidson 1997: 153.
53. On Alexander’s education, see Carney 2003b.
54. On the small size of the “dainty little vessels” found in the royal
tombs at Vergina, see Andronicos 1984: 148–49 and Kottaridi 2004b: 71.
55. Diod. 17.117.1; Plut. Alex. 75.5; Sen. Ep. 83.23.
56. O’Brien 1992: 7–8 and Carney 2007b: 163–65 and 172–73. Philip’s
ability to outdrink his fellow symposiasts won the admiration of even the
Athenian ambassadors in 346, prompting the bitter retort of Demosthenes
that such a quality befi tted a sponge rather than a king (Plut. Dem. 16.4).
57. These included Proteas ( FGrH 126 F 3) and Hephaestion, whose
death was said by some (in a perhaps deliberate parallel to that of Alexander)
to have been caused by the draining of this cup (Plut. Alex. 72.2).
58. One exception is Polybius’ criticism of Theopompus for making
this claim (8.9.4= FGrH 115 F 27); as discussed above, however, Theopompus’
characterization of Philip is tendentious.
59. See above, n. 27.
60. Murray 1996: 18; cf. Vössing 2004: 66. Carney 2007b: 156 n. 108,
however, remains skeptical. It is also worth noting as an aside here that
the drunken kōmoi that Diodorus reports both Philip and Alexander to
have engaged in were all held on occasions of particular importance and
likely do not refl ect usual practice either (cf. C. B. Welles on p. 473 of the
LCL translation of Diodorus): 16.87.1 (Chaeronea); 17.72.3–4 (burning of
Persepolis); 17.106.1 (feast in Carmania celebrating the safe return of the
army); 17.117.1 (Alexander’s last banquet, held in commemoration of the
death of Heracles).
61. Kottaridi 2004b: 71.
Chapter 7
1. On the Third Sacred War: See Momigliano 1934: 103–23; Hammond
and Griffi th 1979: 256–79; Buckler 1989: 30–142; Consolo Langher
1994: 43–63; Hammond 1994: 45–97; Sánchez 2001: 173–218; Mari 2002:
83–126; and Worthington 2008: 53–66; 84–104.