Chares of Mytilene
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Chares of Mytilene (Ancient Greek: Χάρης ὁ Μυτιληναῖος) was a Greek belonging to the court of Alexander the Great. He was appointed court-marshal or introducer of strangers to the king, an office borrowed from the Persian court. He wrote a history of Alexander in ten books, dealing mainly with the private life of the king. The fragments are chiefly preserved in Athenaeus.[1] These fragments are largely concerned with court ceremonies and personal gossip, including a description of Alexander's introduction of the Persian custom of proskynesis to his court.[2]
See Scriptores Rerum Alexandri (pp. 114–120) in the Didot edition of Arrian.[1]
References
- ^ a b public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chares". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 859. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Hammond, N.G.L; Scullard, H.H. (1970). Oxford Classical Dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 227. ISBN 0198691173.
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