Erant Hephaestioni duo hospites, clari inter suos iuvenes; qui, facta ipsis potestate regnandi, negaverunt quemquam patrio more in id fastigium recipi nisi regia stirpe ortum.
Hephaestion was the guest of two young men distinguished among their countrymen; when they were offered the privilege of ruling, they said that according to the custom of their country no one was admitted to that eminence unless born of royal stock.
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