At Meleager, unus e ducibus, confirmato animo, quem Perdiccae cunctatio erexerat: Nec di sierint, inquit, ut Alexandri fortuna tantique regni fastigium in istos humeros ruat; homines certe non ferent.
But Meleager, one of the generals, taking the courage which the hesitation of Perdiccas had aroused, said: May the gods themselves not permit that the fortune of Alexander and the burden of so great a kingdom should fall upon such shoulders; certainly men will not allow it.
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