Note 26 — INSCRIPTION FOR THE GRANITE SARCOPHAGUS BROUGHT FROM ALEXANDRIA TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Reading edition
Athenæus, b. 10. c. 9. p. 434. Αλεξανδρος λαβων (το ποτηριον) εσπασε μεν γενναιως,——εκ τουτου νοσησας απεθανε. Alexander took the cup, and pulled nobly at it.
Mem. It held near a gallon, and he had emptied it once already.