Note 156 — Chapter XCII · ASIATIC CAMPAIGNS OF ALEXANDER.
Reading edition
Plutarch, Fort. Al. M. ii. p. 334. Βριθὺς ὁπλιτοπάλας, δαΐος ἀντιπάλοις—ταύτην ἔχων τέχνην προγονικὴν ἀπ᾽ Αἰακιδῶν, etc.
Ἄλκην μὲν γὰρ ἔδωκεν Ὀλύμπιος Αἰακίδησι, Νοῦν δ᾽ Ἀμυθαονίδαις, πλοῦτον δ᾽ ἔπορ᾽ Ἀτρεΐδῃσιν. (Hesiod. Fragment. 223, ed. Marktscheffel.)
Like Achilles, Alexander was distinguished for swiftness of foot (Plutarch, Fort. Al. M. i. p. 331).