In the shrine of Ammon he was hailed by the prophetic priest as the son of Zeus. ‘That is nothing surprising,’ said he; ‘for Zeus is by nature the father of all, and he makes the noblest his own.’ 1
1 Cf. Plutarch's Life of Alexander, chap. xxvii. (680 F).
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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