Plutarch, Aussprüche von Königen und Feldherren (Moralia 179 D – 181 F):

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He bade his manager [διοικητής] give to Anaxarchus, the philosopher, as much as he asked for; and when the manager said that he asked for twenty thousand pounds [ἑκατὸν τἁλαντα], Alexander said, “He does well, for he knows that he has a friend who is both able and willing to make such presents [καλῶς, ἔφη, ποιεῖ γινώσκων ὅτι φίλον ἔχει καὶ δυνάμενον τηλικαῦτα δωρεῖςθαι καὶ βουλόμενον].”

Vgl. Plutarch, Alexander:

Aber die ihm von Anfang an eingeborene und großgezogene Liebe und Neigung zur Philosophie schwand darum nicht aus seinem Inneren, wie die Ehre, die er Anaxarchos erwies, die fünfzig Talente, die er Xenokrates sandte, und der Eifer, mit dem er sich um Dandamis und Kalanos bemühte, bezeugen (1).

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Once, when all preparations had been made for battle, his generals asked him whether there was anything else in addition to what they had done. “Nothing,” said he, “except to shave the Macedonians’ beards.” And as Parmenio expressed his surprise, Alexander said, “Don’t you know that in battles there is nothing handier to grasp than a beard?”

(1) Anaxarchos war ein Epikureer, Xenokrates der zweite Leiter der Akademie in Athen nach Platon; Dandamis und Kalanos begleiteten Alexander auf seinem Zug (Kap. 65).