Clearly the absence of the monarch’s foreskin was of importance...
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Something's Missing | Ancient Bowl From Tibet Shows Alexander the Great – the Jewish Version

It bears adding that to this day some Jews name their children Alexander but nary a one is named, for instance, Ahasuerus...
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Can we do the thing where we link to the actual source?
posted by Candleman at 3:35 PM on April 12, 2022 [2 favorites]


In the novel 'The Persian Boy' by Mary Renault, the narrator mentions how odd it seems for Alexander and his Greek contingent to casually walk around nude.
posted by ovvl at 5:55 PM on April 12, 2022


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