Apparently those were the last words of Alexander the Great, as he was in his deathbed. His generals had asked him when he should receive divine honours, to be one with the gods.
The man died at the peak of his powers. What a way to go. But it also shows how ephemeral worldly things and achievements are. A man who in his 20s had conquered all of Greece and the surrounding states, ruled Persia, and conquered India, died from too much partying. A fucking fever killed the world's greatest warrior.
What odds do we mere mortals have?
(Note: well, at least that is one version of how he died. We're here talking about something that happened some 2,300 years ago, so who the hell knows for sure?)
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On a more amusing note, how would you pronounce the name of this restaurant???
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