Being asked whether he would rather have been Achilles or Homer, he said, ‘How about you yourself ? Would you rather be the victor at the Olympic games or the announcer of the victor ?’ 1
1 The remark is attributed to Alexander by Dio Chrysostom, Oration, ii. (22 M., 79 R.).
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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