Quantus hic in sapientia, tantus in armis Alexander illam vocem nobiliter edidit: Dareo enim uno iam et altero proelio virtutem eius experto atque ideo et partem regni Tauro tenus monte et filiam in matrimonium cum decies centum milibus talentum pollicente, cum Parmenion dixisset se, si Alexander esset, usurum ea condicione, respondit et ego uterer, si Parmenion essem.
Alexander, as great in arms as Socrates in wisdom, delivered himself of the following well-known utterance. After Darius had tried his mettle in a couple of battles and therefore promised him part of his kingdom as far as the Taurus mountain, also his daughter in marriage and a million talents, Parmenio said that if he were Alexander he would accept the offer. And so should I accept it, retorted Alexander, if I were Parmenio.
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