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| Picture No | 10510796 |
| Date | 331BC |
| Description | Alexander the Great on the eve of Gaugamela |
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Alexander the Great at the fire altar on the eve of the battle of Gaugamela. The scene,described by Plutarch followed a portentous eclipse of the moon, shows Alexander sacrificing before his tent to the god Fear.
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| Source | Drawing by C. Castaigne in The Century,1899, vol. LVIII-28, page 232. |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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