Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata
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Original / primary: Perseus Eng3
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Memnon, who was waging war against Alexander on the side of King Darius,
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when one of his mercenary soldiers said many libellous and indecent things of Alexander, struck the man with his spear, saying,
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I pay you to fight Alexander, not to malign him.